Residents of Grindavik, southwestern Iceland, collect their belongings from their homes during a brief window allowed by authorities as the town faces the eruption of a nearby volcano. Grindavik was evacuated on Saturday after hundreds of earthquakes were caused by magma shifting under the Earth's crust, damaging roads and buildings. Experts say the quakes could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption and the Icelandic state has declared a state of emergency over the risk.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 [car engine]
00:02 Many roads are just wrecked.
00:19 It's like a maze that you have to drive through.
00:22 But, yeah, you can manage through it and get to your house.
00:26 My house was minimal damage, but fine.
00:31 I was basically here just to empty my house as much as I could,
00:43 and take in the essentials and something for the kids,
00:46 Christmas presents and stuff like that.
00:49 Just everything essential.
00:52 [BLANK_AUDIO]