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A few craftsman in Iceland still practice the technique of building with turf, a tradition believed to date to the ninth century settlement of Europe's most sparsely-populated country. With walls and ...

Houses have caught fire in the fishing town of Grindavík in southwest Iceland after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month. Two fissures formed near the town on Sunday after an ...

Houses caught fire after a new volcanic eruption sent smoke and lava spewing out near the Icelandic fishing port of Grindavik Sunday, just hours after villagers were evacuated to safety, authorities ...

Burfell, Iceland: In the Thjorsardalur valley in Iceland's southern highlands, the first green shoots are starting to sprout up from the browned grass, until recently covered by a thick blanket of ...