Tourists and locals have been evacuated on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula after the twelfth volcanic eruption in the region since 2021. The eruption began around 4 am following an intense seismic swarm on the Reykjanes Peninsula,

A volcano erupted on Wednesday in southwest Iceland, authorities said, with live media images showing it belched smoke and dramatic flows of glowing hot yellow and orange lava, the latest in a series of outbreaks near the capital in recent years.

Tourists at Iceland's Blue Lagoon geothermal spa were forced to pack up and get out as a volcanic eruption left lava oozing from a 3,000-foot fissure in the ground.