Aerial footage released on Sunday (March 17) by Iceland authorities showed lava spewing from an erupting volcano near towns that were being evacuated.

The eruption was the fourth since December and began at 2023 GMT on Saturday (March 16). The fissure was estimated to be about 2.9 kilometres long, roughly the same size as the last eruption in February, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement.

Lava appeared to be flowing rapidly south towards the nearby Grindavik fishing town, where a few of the nearly 4,000 residents had returned following earlier outbreaks, the Met Office said.

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