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# A Volcano in Iceland Is Spewing Lava From a Miles-Long Crack

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## Video: A Volcano in Iceland Is Spewing Lava From a Miles-Long Crack

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_Published 2023-12-19. After weeks of warnings and earthquake activity, a volcanic eruption began in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula on Dec. 18, spewing lava and smoke and threatening a nearby fishing town._


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## Transcript

Now there's a ruption here near Green Tarik and we are here to town and the area and now we're just securing the area and closing every roach to the area. That's just in process now, but then we're just trying to manage the situation here is the Wahlberg's from the Browns. Even if it's in a particular continents such as this is just I just There's a lot going on and the fifth down in Old which might end up under the lava flowing behind us. So that's kind of mixed feelings. Yeah, let's see how it goes and how long it lasts. It's still amazing to see but yeah. That's kind of a Bittersweet feeling at the moment.

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