Magma stream threatens coastal town in Iceland

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Residents of the Icelandic coastal town of Grindavík southwest of Reykjavik are being evacuated after warnings of an impending volcanic eruption. Several powerful earthquakes have hit the Reykjanes Peninsula and the activity suggests an intrusion of magma beneath the city, Iceland's Meteorological Institute stated shortly before midnight. “In light of this, the police chief at Sud...