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Eruption weakens, lava flow slows

Police reveal defensive walls came close to breach

Road construction is going well

Defensive walls being raised

Hraunfoss ofan í námu

Mine hit by lava flow

An employee of the Blue Lagoon got gas poisoning

Four cameras on eruption - watch here

Work on new road over new lava

No reduction in the power of the eruption

Gas pollution may be noticed in Reykjanesbær this evening

Grindavík residents decrease by 6% since November 10

Updated risk assessment from the Icelandic Meteorological Office

Lava edge has stopped moving

Perhaps magma can reach the surface more easily

Eruption continues

Grindavík residents may return - but it is not recommended

Eruption outlasts three previous - and continues

Progress of lava monitored closely

The latest at 7am Tuesday

Workers return to Svartsengi as gas levels fall

Defensive walls worked

Gas pollution possibly evident in capital today

Image of new lava from defensive wall

No landings at Grindavík harbour today

Slow advance of lava to Suðurstrandarvégur

Lava flow to road and sea not completely ruled out

Eruption activity quite stable

Svartsengi power station evacuated due to gas pollution

Land continues to rise at Svartsengi

Lava "pool" could burst in the direction of Suðurstrandarvegur

Flights to, from and within Iceland remain unaffected

Blue Lagoon stays closed

Civil Defence drones kept watch overnight

Magnús Tumi: new fissures unlikely to open during this eruption

Magnús Tumi: We can't say if eruptions will end soon

Magnús Tumi: eruption likely to behave as previous events

Green haze on webcam views not a concern

Lava thought unlikely to reach the sea

What we know on Monday morning

Residents of Hraun fear lava will reach them

All roads to and from Grindavík could be unusable

Possible subsidence on only open road

Where is the lava flowing?

What happens if lava reaches the sea?

Eruption in similar place as previously

Lava starts to flow to the south towards the road

Various Coast Guard helicopter images and video

Lava flows to Suðurstrandarvegur faster than to Njarðvíkuræð

Lava less than half a kilometre from road

Eruption will likely stop today

Eruption activity slowly decreasing since last night

Flights unaffected by eruption

Image of Grindavíkavegur under lava

Build new Suðurstrandarvegur road if necessary

Drónamyndband sem sýnir Grindavík að næturlagi með hraunflæði í baksýn

Drónamyndband frá Grindavík

Lava flows near Grindavík

Víðir: Pooling lava could be a concern

Víðir: Most of what can be done, has been done

Activity lessens during the night

Where we are at 8am

What we know at 11pm

Images of lava rim

It is almost impossible to predict the end of the eruptions

The largest eruption in this sequence to date

The most powerful eruption yet

Beginning of eruption similar to previous eruptions this winter

Lava flows fast

About 700 were in the Blue Lagoon

Fissure around 3 km in length

Lava flows south and west

Volcanic gas will be detectable in Reykjanesbær tomorrow

Eldgos milli Hagafells og Stóra-Skógfells - þyrlumyndir

Fyrstu þyrlumyndir eldgos

Video from Coast Guard helicopter

Pictures from the Coast Guard's helicopter

Upphaf goss á fimmföldum hraða séð frá Þorbirni

Watch the eruption begin

Very short notice of eruption

Evacuations underway

Civil Defence state of emergency in effect

Bumper to bumper on Reykjanesbraut

Length of fissure unclear

Tourists should stay away

Here, you can follow the live broadcast of the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula using RÚV webcams.

Three webstreams of the eruption are available

Live from Reykjanes

Eruption started a minute after an announcement from the Met Office

Eruption started at 20:23

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<p data-block-key="8gtcz">A volcanic eruption started on the Reykjanes Peninsula at 8.23pm on Saturday. It is the fourth since December.</p>

Volcanic eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula