Icelandic volcano eruption eases as evacuated village remains off limits

Icelandic volcano eruption eases as evacuated village remains off limits

REYKJAVIK: A volcanic eruption that rocked Iceland this week diminished in intensity for a second day Wednesday, though media reports said a nearby evacuated fishing village would remain off limits for at least another week.
The eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula has produced spectacular lava flows, though they were now constrained to two craters, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said in a statement Wednesday morning, down from three earlier.
"The power of the eruption has decreased with time as well as the seismicity and deformation," IMO said in its latest update.