The town of Grindavik has experienced repeated threats in recent years after the once-dormant volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula began erupting again after 800 years of no activity.

Those were the words of a couple of geologists on their honeymoon early on Thursday morning in Grindavik, watching a curtain of lava bubble in front of them after a volcano erupted near the southwest...

The Government of Iceland says this eruption is highly localized and poses no threat to infrastructure, tourist attractions, or air traffic, but it does pose certain health hazards.