days before the volcano erupted. A large fissure has opened up nearby, at the Sundhnukagígar crater north of Grindavik, with lava flowing both east and west. One estimate by the country's Met ...

On volcanoes, a fissure is an elongated fracture or crack at the surface from which lava erupts. Fissure eruptions typically dwindle to those at a central vent after a period of hours or days.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted in early May, sending a smoldering flow of lava into residential areas on the Big Island. Authorities ordered people living in Leilani Estates and Lanipuna ...

For the time being, the well-known Blue Lagoon thermal spa has closed its doors due to the great risk that a volcanic fissure could open up in the same area. (Photo by Raul Moreno/SOPA Images ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A volcano erupted in Iceland's most densely populated area on December 18. It is the largest eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula since 2021. More from News A ...

Enormous plumes of smoke and spews of lava have since been flowing from a nearly 4 kilometre (2.5 miles) long volcanic fissure. Residents in the region have been bracing themselves for the ...