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<p>Iceland&#x27;s spectacular, 2-week old volcanic eruption entered a new phase Monday as television pictures showed a fresh fissure had opened up and begun spitting out lava.</p><p>The 200-meter long fissure, is a kilometer from the first eruption, which sits in the Geldingadalur valley, said an Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) statement.</p><p>It opened up around midday local time (1200 GMT), the IMO added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/20/21/icelandic-volcano-erupts-lighting-up-night-sky-near-reykjavik">Icelandic volcano erupts, lighting up night sky near Reykjavik</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">New additional fissure opened at ca. 12:00GMT today near the initial <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eruption?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eruption</a> site in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Geldingadalir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Geldingadalir</a>. Length of fissure is est. 200m. and middle of the fissure is approx. 1km NE of eruption site. The lava flows toward Merardalir, east of new fissure. <a href="https://t.co/L49nkH4og5">https://t.co/L49nkH4og5</a> <a href="https://t.co/EYpPNlS61F">pic.twitter.com/EYpPNlS61F</a></p>— Icelandic Meteorological Office - IMO (@Vedurstofan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vedurstofan/status/1379080071680512003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/25/21/delikado-na-phivolcs-warns-vs-visiting-taal-volcano-island">&#x27;Delikado na&#x27;: Phivolcs warns vs visiting Taal Volcano island</a></li></ul><p>Live television footage on state broadcaster RUV showed small amounts of smoking orange magma on the ground. The new stream of lava is running down into another valley, called Merardalir.</p><p>Images released by Iceland&#x27;s Civil Protection office showed a long, thin stream of magma flowing down through the hills for hundreds of metres from the new fissure, the whole scene shrouded in fumes.</p><p>The Meteorological Office said helicopters were making sure people had evacuated the site and that scientists were on their way to evaluate the crack.</p><p>The authorities have sealed off access to the volcano site as a precaution and begun evacuating sightseers, said the IMO. People have been flocking there to see the spectacle since the eruption began on March 19.</p><p>Icelandic experts, who initially thought the eruption near Mount Fagradalsfjall would be a short-lived affair, now think it could last several weeks or more. The volcano lies just 40 kilometers from the capital Reykjavik. </p><p>While Iceland has more active volcanoes than any other country in Europe, the Reykjanes peninsula has not experienced an eruption since the 13th century -- although that one lasted about 30 years, from 1210 to 1240.</p><p>At the last count by Iceland&#x27;s tourism board, 36,293 people had by Sunday visited the site, where lava has been pouring from two small craters, covering almost 30 hectares.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/31/21/japan-raises-alert-level-after-volcano-erupts">Japan raises alert level after volcano erupts</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1654733" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Iceland's spectacular, 2-week old volcanic eruption entered a new phase Monday as TV pictures showed a fresh fissure had opened up and begun spitting out lava.</p>

Iceland's spectacular, 2-week old volcanic eruption entered a new phase Monday as TV pictures showed a fresh fissure had opened up and begun spitting out lava.