Icelanders Return to Evacuated Town, Braving Eruption Risk
- The chance of a new volcanic eruption is increasing again
- Police discourage people from returning home to Grindavik
The quakes ripped up some roads and power lines, but plumbing, water and electricity are now functioning, a spokesperson for the town said Thursday.
Photographer: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesIn Iceland, scores of inhabitants evacuated from a fishing town close to the site of last month’s volcanic eruption have moved back home, putting themselves at risk in a potential resumption of lava flows.
Around 40 people stayed in their homes in Grindavik over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, against the advice of authorities, after the town was made accessible to them on Dec. 23, Ulfar Ludviksson, police chief in the Reykjanes peninsula, said by phone on Thursday.