various small are towns scattered across the reykjanes peninsula. the town of volga is just north of the eruption, and the plumes of fire are very visible during night time. the eruptions glow could also be seen from the capital reykjavik, which is only a 45 minutes drive from the eruption site. by the autumn of 2023, southwest iceland was experiencing increasing earthquake activity. come november, emergency precautions commenced. this is grindavik, the small town in iceland, which has been evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors have rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. you need to stay tough in these situations and that part is pretty much exhausting. there s no relaxing now. translation: this is| a very strange feeling. i ve been tearful. it s been a long 2a hours. even though it s been a very difficult time, it s heart warming to see the solidarity in times like this. this is an unprecedented situation. since the 25th of octobe
live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. we ll bring you two first half goals from anfield as liverpool and arsenal fight it out to be top of the premier league at christmas. another day to forget for manchester united as west ham pile the pressure on erik ten hag. bath go top of the gallagher premiership with a bonus point win over harlequins. also coming up on the programme tonight. can anthonyjoshua deliver tonight, as his journey on the road to redemption and potentially fighting deontay wilder continues? of fighting deontay wilder continues? course i am ter to of course i am tense because i want to perform, i want to win. i ve got that urge to win and i want to hurt my opponent as well. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. there were high hopes of a christmas cracker at anfield where liverpool and arsenal are fighting it out for top spot in the premier league. with the second half about to get underway, it s i i. the opening goal came afterjust thre
it has slowed overnight the concern there, if it hits it, only a half mile away, if it hits those wells, it would create a hydrogen sulfide gas, which would be deadly. lelani estates are a mile away from us, in front of sus that famous picture cnn halls hs had for several days. that new pile has formed a new cone of lava is built up so much you can no longer see it fountaining in that area. it is fountaining in several areas in lelani estates. in the last 24 hours, we have seen lava fountaining as high as 100 feet in that area. that is a concern for homeowners, more than 80 homes have been lost. there are about 2,000 people that lived in those neighborhoods.
bad, serious to his legs. earlier today we heard that streams of lava have reached the pacific ocean, the rivers of molten lava closing down part of the a main evacuation route. now there are growing concerns the lava is creating a deadly new danger. for the very latest, let s bring in cnn s stephanie elam. stephanie, we see these incredible, i don t know, like mini mountains of orange lava behind you. how far away from those plumes are you? reporter: you know, i imagine it s probably about a mile, is my guess. things look different when there s nothing in the way when you re looking at it this close. i m going to step out so you can take a better look at it, fred, but you take a look at what s happening there, and you can see that the sea of black lava around it as well. so building up and fountaining. one of the things that s striking to me is whenever i ve looked at images of lava fountaining out like this
developments coming in from hawaii, just stunning images tonight. that powerful explosion at the summit of kilauea, shooting a plume of ash some 30,000 feet into the air, showering ash for miles around. the order going out tonight to shelter in place. and abc s chief national correspondent matt gutman is there again tonight. reporter: tonight, that tower of ash punching through the clouds. before dawn, this gemini observatory time lapse capturing that new explosive eruption at kilauea s halema uma u. the one this morning was definitely the biggest we ve seen so far, just in terms of energy and how high up into the atmosphere it got. reporter: even higher than mt. everest. ballistic rocks, up to two feet wide, already heaved hundreds of yards. residents not evacuated warned to shelter in place. and those 20 fissures scarring hawaii s landscape, roaring with increased intensity. you can see all that lava fountaining here. now, this is fissure 17. some of the fountaining has gone hu