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An Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter flies near magma running on a hill near Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula.

Video. Icelandic volcano eruption 'stabilising' after thousands evacuated

Updated: 19/12/2023 - 11:43 GMT+1

A four kilometre-long fissure has opened up in the ground in an area expected to see frequent eruptions in coming years.

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