The Foreign Office has warned travellers heading to Iceland as concerns grow over “increased earthquakes and indications of volcanic activity”. It comes as the country delaced a state of emergency in the south-west of the country, with residents being evacuated from a fishing town as a precaution.
Iceland’s Meteorological Office warned: “At this stage, it is not possible to determine exactly whether and where magma might reach the surface. Authorities also raised their aviation alert to orange, indicating an increased risk of a volcanic eruption."READ MORE: Greater Manchester weather forecast: Is it going to get colder next week?
The evacuation comes after the region was shaken by hundreds of small earthquakes every day for more than two weeks as scientists monitor a build-up of magma some three miles underground. The seismic activity started in an area north of Grindavik where there is a network of 2,000-year-old craters, geology professor Pall Einarrson, told Iceland’s RUV. The magma corridor is about six miles long and spreading, he said.