Icelandic volcano calms down but risk remains

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises as lava flows from a volcano in Grindavik, Iceland, on January 14, 2024. Icelandic Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A volcanic eruption in Iceland that had threatened to engulf a seaside town appeared to have calmed down early on Tuesday, although authorities and geologists warned that danger still persisted.

A flow of red-hot lava on Sunday reached the outskirts of Grindavik, a fishing town of some 4,000 residents, setting three houses ablaze but causing no harm to people who had been evacuated for a second time since November.