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Lava spews from a volcano which erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday. Authorities have evacuated the nearby town of Grindavik. The eruption is the fifth in six months on the Reykjanes peninsula. IMAGES
Aerial images of the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, with a fissure more than a kilometre long spilling glowing orange lava and clouds of white smoke. The eruption is the fifth in six months on the Reykjanes peninsula. IMAGES
Auroras light up the Icelandic sky as lava flows from a volcano near Grindavik on the island's southwestern tip. IMAGES - NO SOUND AT SOURCE
Aerial images show lava near the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavik as volcanic activity eases following an eruption which began early Sunday. Grindavik's 4,000 residents had been evacuated in November as a precaution. Shortly after a December 18 eruption, they were allowed to return for brief periods. They were authorised to regain their homes permanently on December 23 but only a few dozen chose to do so. IMAGES
The Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, announces that the authorises have bought "70 flats that people can move into before Christmas which is the people who are in most dire need of housing" following the evacuation of the town of Grindavik because of a volcanic eruption. SOUNDBITE
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