Volcano in Iceland

A volcano erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of people from nearby villages. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage but a state of emergency was declared and scientists feared the eruption could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at the Katla volcano.  They are concerned that it could trigger an eruption at the nearby Katla volcano, a vicious volcano that could cause both local and global damage. 
Authorities evacuated 450 people between the farming village of Hvolsvollur and the fishing village of Vik, some 100 miles southeast of the capital, Reykjavik.  Evacuation centers were set up near the town of Hella. The most immediate threat was to livestock because of the caustic gases.

Molten lava vents from a rupture near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, as a volcano erupts early Sunday March 21, 2010, which shot ash and molten lava into the air, the first major eruption here in nearly 200 years.