CNN Travel
By Issy Ronald, Caitlin Danaher and Catherine Nicholls, CNN
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Updated 12:25 PM EST, Tue November 14, 2023
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Iceland has declared a state of emergency and more than 3,000 residents have been urged to evacuate the small, coastal town of Grindavík as the country’s authorities anticipate the imminent eruption of a volcano in its southwestern peninsula.
Scientists monitoring the situation, including those at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), observed changes to the situation on Sunday that could indicate “magma is moving closer to the surface,” and concluded on Monday that “the greatest area of magma upwelling” is in an area 3.5 kilometers (two miles) northeast of Grindavík.