Large cracks open in Grindavik as Iceland volcano threat looms

Residents forced from an Icelandic town damaged by hundreds of earthquakes in recent days were able to briefly return on Monday to retrieve their belongings.

The southwestern town of Grindavik, home to around 4,000 people was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday after magma shifting under the Earth's crust caused hundreds of earthquakes in what experts warned could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption.