LIVE: Volcano erupts in Iceland after warnings

A volcano in Iceland has erupted after weeks of intense seismic activity, wrenching open a two-mile-long crack in the earth and belching out enough lava to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 30 seconds. The country’s meteorological office said the eruption on Monday night began in the southwest of the island at Hagafell, on the Reykjanes peninsula. The scale and strength of the volcanic outflow were greater than scientists had expected. Overnight the fierce light from the volcano was easily visible from Reykjavik, the country’s capital, 25 miles to the northeast. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #volcano #iceland #eruption