good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anything for
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forecasters are warning heavy downpours and the possibility of flooding. earlier today a south carolina news anchor and photojournalist were killed while covering the storm when a tree fell on their suv. tonight rescuers in ellicott city, maryland, are still searching for a national guard member who was reported missing after trying to assist people caught in russian floodwaters there. sudden and violent floodwaters destroyed homes, businesses and submerged vehicles. maryland s governor declared a state of emergency this morning. officials and witnesses say 39-year-old eddison hermond was last seen trying to help a woman whose cat was missing in that raging flood. there is a little bit of good news out of hawaii tonight. the kilauea lava flow threatening a geothermal power plant has stopped and there has been no release of dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas as originally feared but the threat is far from over. jeff paul joins us with more on the volcano tonight. volcano smog is a big con
than two weeks after starting plavix. other rare but serious side effects may occur. a hiker who fell into the mt. st. helen s volcano tonight is dead. his body was found just a couple hours ago. it was recovered more than 24 hours after the man fell 1500 feet into the crater. jason bolig is seen here posing in a photograph just after reaching the senate. moments later, the ground underneath him collapsed. take a look. the biggest thing i want to