Met Office experts have said a volcanic eruption could last ‘for weeks’ as 30,000 earthquakes have been recorded since seismic activity began three weeks ago.
Authorities in Iceland have declared a state of emergency as the threat of an “imminent” volcanic eruption which “could obliterate the entire town of Grindavik” loomed.
Speaking about the potential differences between this eruption and 2010’s eruption which caused severe travel disruption He told Radio 4’s Today Programme: “This location would be different.
“First of all there isn’t an ice cap on top and it’s not a stratovolcano so wouldn’t be an explosive blast of volcanic ash into the atmosphere.