Ahead, rising into the stormy clouds, is Mount Ngauruhoe, the massive volcano better known in the films as Mount Doom.

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The statement comes after years of hardship for Iceland, which suffered the collapse of its financial system in 2008 and a massive 2010 volcano eruption that shut down international travel in the region.

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In 1883, a massive eruption of a volcano on the island of Krakatoa in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra began.

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The massive eruption by the long dormant volcano two years earlier caused about half the population to leave the island.

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It is the first serious eruption of the volcano chain since 1960, when the area was hit by a massive earthquake.

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