Experts are warning that an eruption could be imminent at an even more powerful Icelandic volcano than the one that paralysed air traffic last year.

SOMETIMES all you can do is laugh. Amid the chaos caused by the now almost week-long shutdown of airports across Europe, news alerts on Monday evening suggested an even worse scenario had arrived.

Iceland’s latest volcanic eruption is coming to an end and with it the unexpected tourist boom that lifted the recession-hit country’s financial fortunes.

A volcano erupted in a remote area of Iceland, setting off tremors across the area.