abandoned town

A large red Shia flag flaps in the wind nearby - it is almost the only sound in the largely abandoned town.

According to state broadcaster RUV, power had been cut off to the largely abandoned town of Grindavik to protect a high-voltage line that was at risk.

Lopburi, he said, is almost an “abandoned town.”

An abandoned town...in a cave?

Dr Ilyinskaya, an associate professor of volcanology at Leeds University, said Thursday's eruption was in the same general area as one in December - meaning it is unlikely to cause more damage to the abandoned town of Grindavik.