but this time it s much closer to the town. thankfully, people living in homes nearby have already left the area. the local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies some a0 kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. with more on this, let s speak to our reporter meghan owen who is following in the story. we ve seen the pictures there, buildings on fire, how wise is the extent of the spread of the molten lava? what more do we know about damage caused? lava? what more do we know about damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it has damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it has been - incredibly striking, it has been more and more turbulence throughout the day, so we have been following this from around 8am, when eight fissure started to erupt. actually, what more concerning was a second fissure which d
the smoke rising over the skyline. and these pictures from a little earlier today show some houses set on fire by the molten lava. now, remember this follows a similar eruption in the same area last month but this time it s much closer to the town. people living in homes nearby have already left the area. the local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies about a0 kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. charlie rose has the latest on this for us. in the dark icelandic winter, liquid rock spews angrily into the night sky. residents here have been told to flee these apocalyptic scenes. as the fishing town of grindavik, their home, slowly becomes a living hell. constructor workers building a protective barrier after the eruption last month just managed to save their trucks from this the right of onslaught. translation: we were just at home, and unlike before, we did what we were told this time. but i m flabbergasted that an eruption is possible under the
prime minister in a blue, and she is proclaiming that pneumonic to the people of denmark. she is on the balcony of the castle, the danish parliament, and that proclamation will be made three times in different directions from that balcony, is a symbolic moment to show the demonstration of denmark, so by making it in three different directions, she is claiming the new king, prince frederik the tenth, and it was interesting as he came out onto the balcony, as he walked out, he wiped tears from his eyes, clearly very emotional. see the response he is getting, that is. there are tens of thousands of people out on the streets of copenhagen again this afternoon stop the city is at an entire standstill. the moment you re watching here is the most important, public moment of the most important, public moment of the afternoon, the moment the danish prime minister proclaims prince frederik the tenth as king. she speaks danish. that is the danish prime minister turning in a different di
in the same area last month but this time it s much closer to the town. people living in homes nearby have already left the area. the local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies some forty kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. with more on this lets speak to our reporter meghan owen who is follwing in the story. spring is up to date on how extensive the spread is. just bring us up to date. the extensive the spread is. “ust bring us up-to-date. extensive the spread is. ust bring us up-to-date. the spread is incredibly expensive. bring us up-to-date. the spread is incredibly expensive. we bring us up-to-date. the spread is incredibly expensive. we saw - incredibly expensive. we saw pictures there of homes set alight by the lava and it is difficult to decide if the scene looks more dramatic in the dark or in the light because we can see just how close it is and in fact we can see the lava flowing into the town life. the destruction has ob