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...nothing is Iceland called the Land of Ice and Fire: its glacial facade covers one of the most active volcanic regions in the world. In 1963, inhabitants of the tiny island of Heimaey, six miles south of Iceland, watched with some fear and fascination as an' underwater eruption 14 miles away created a new island before their eyes. The island was later named Surtsey, after the Norse god of fire and destruction...
Last week the people of Heimaey awoke in the middle of the night to find that the Helgafell volcano, dormant for 5,000 years, had exploded on their doorstep. As the earth rumbled like thunder and showers of molten lava lit up the sky, villagers in night clothes poured into the streets to watch the terrifying spectacle. After one home was engulfed by boiling lava and hot ashes began to rain down on others, Heimaey's 5,200 residents were ordered evacuated...