and a volcano in Southwestern Iceland has begun erupting 11 months after its last eruption officially ended here's a detailed report a volcano in Southwestern Iceland began erupting following heightened seasoning activity in the area as for the country's meteorological authorities the volcano erupted 11 months after its last eruption officially ended we are like at the new eruption area that is in the making and I'm working for the environment agency of Iceland and I'm here to do a quick assessment for the agency because we have been like monitoring this area in 2022 and 2021. the new eruption site is about 38 kilometers from the capital initial reports indicate that eruption does not pose immediate danger to Residents or infrastructure corruption was about 10 seconds old it just looked like some smoke coming out of the ground but of course the muscles being simulated and the Earth has been forced open and then the lava started coming out of the ground and then we knew for sure and then it was drones in the air off we go and uh that is that is what it is and now it's evolving really really fast as it usually does were done from previous eruptions so it's very exciting expertsvilla says where exactly the lava is emerging and how the eruption evolves over the coming hours watch how the lava and smoke emanated from a fissure in the ground on the side of the mountain no flights were affected and the airport remained open the area known broadly as far asiach volcano erupted twice in the last years without causing damage or disruptions to flights despite being near the airport Iceland's International Air Traffic hub agency report Republic TV