Iceland volcano erupts, prompting evacuations

Tourists and residents have been evacuated after a volcanic eruption in Iceland opened a half-mile-long fissure, according to the country's meteorological office . Dramatic pictures show smoke and dramatic flows of glowing hot yellow and orange lava coming out of the chasm, the latest in a series of outbreaks near Iceland's capital in recent years. Magma forced through the earth's crust opened a massive fissure of length between 700 m and 1,000 m (0.4 miles and 0.6 miles), Iceland's meteorological office said, with the first signs of the eruption giving...