volcano is still interrupting. let s take a look at the live feed. absolutely stunning images of the lava flowing there from the ground. now, this is southwest iceland, around 4000 people have actually already been evacuated from the area. there was warning there was seismic activity before the eruption late on monday nights, and enough time to get people who live nearby out of the way. nick beake reports from iceland. fountains of gold. ..lakes of lava. iceland s own breathtaking winter illuminations. the fieryjets reaching up more than 100 metres, after blasting through the surface of the volcano. creating a rupture more than two miles long. all this, the result of a series of small underground shakes on the reykjanes peninsula. i m very excited to be here in this place, in this time, just being able to see this natural phenomenon happen, just seeing lava emerge from the ground, even if it s in a particular content such as this, it s just fascinating to see nature and actio
gansu province. more than 250 other people have been injured in the 6.2 magnitude quake. rescuers are braving freezing weather with temperatures below 13c to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. let s go live to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell who is in beijing, what more can you tell us? a what more can you tell us? powerful, shallow earthquakes struck the plateau as before midnight, bringing down people s homes and killing 118 residents as they slept, of those we are told 105 people died in gansu province and 13 in neighbouring qinghai. the rescue effort started through the night into the early hours of the morning and has continued today in very difficult, freezing conditions. we are told that 11100 firefighters have been sent to assist in the rescue effort. we are getting footage of emergency tents being set up. you can imagine one of the terrible things when this sort of accident happe
Cairns needs tens of millions of dollars to shore up its security of drinking water, but advocates say the city also needs to look at ways to reduce the amount of water being used.
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