Monash University Associate Professor Oliver Nebel says the entire island of Iceland is “made out of volcanoes” as more residents evacuate from recent eruptions.
A volcano in southwestern Iceland has sent lava streaming towards homes, with some of them bursting into flames.
The eruptions mark the second time in as many months it has erupted in the small fishing town of Grindavik.
“Iceland itself, the island is made up of volcanoes, in the order of 130 or so, whereas about 30 are active at the moment,” Mr Nebel told Sky News Australia.
“So it’s not unusual really that you see lava coming out of the ground in Iceland per se, and once a volcano erupts, you basically have pulses of lava coming out of the ground, and there can be a little bit of time in between those eruptions and in this case we have multiple weeks of quiet in between.”
Entire island of Iceland is ‘made out of volcanoes’
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