article_snippet: Boiling water bubbles
article_snippet: One month before I was born, in January 1973, there was an eruption on the Westman Island, a small island south of Iceland.
article_snippet: Overnight almost the entire island was covered in lava.
article_snippet: The rescue to move the islanders to the mainland was successful mainly due to the fact that all of the fishing boats were in harbour as these as were too rough for the locals to fish. '
article_snippet: The first boat left with habitants to reach the mainland only 30 minutes after the volcano erupted. 