Iceland prepares for volcano: BBC News Review

Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in Iceland after a state of emergency was declared. Cracks have appeared in roads after a series of earthquakes and there are fears that the Fagradalsfjall volcano will soon erupt. A huge eruption in Iceland in 2010 disrupted air travel around the world. (Images via Getty)

Key words and phrases:
🔎 imminent - about to happen
- Experts fear an earthquake is imminent.
- Signs from the government are that tax rises are imminent.

🔎 swarm - a large number of bad things
- The swarm of insects destroyed the crops.
- The kitchen had been taken over by a swarm of ants.

🔎 frantic - acting out-of-control through worry
- The singer was in a frantic rush before the show.
- Everyone was frantic when they heard the order to evacuate.

✔️ 0:00 - Introduction
✔️ 0:30 - The story
✔️ 1:15 - Headline 1
✔️ 2:32 - Headline 2
✔️ 4:14 - Headline 3
✔️ 5:21 - Language summary

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[hoangphuctran]

He was frantic when seeing the swarm of wolves, he felt something bad is imminent

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[FSGoood]

The report predicted that an imminent storm would go towards the downtown at the weekend. The government also sounded the alarm that residents should have not gathered a swarm of people at that time because it was likely to be a frantic crowd.

[tammytsang]

I am not frantic even though I have been quite busy with different medical procedures these days.

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[sueliishiyama]

After an imminent disaster has been announced, frantic people went to the airport like a swarm to go back at their countries. Thanks a lot BBC!!

[Masoud_Shariat]

I feel frantic sometimes when I think about being chased by swarm of people and imminent earthquake news😢

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She did the last quetions frantically when there is left few minutes in the exam.

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[palanichamyrajendran]

Why is Keflavik Airport not closed in spite of the Iceland earthquake & volcanic activity?

[loubnabaghdadi]

I try to memorise these new words by writing : imminent. Swarm and frantic

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[valeryiarzh]

People usually afraid of a swarm of insects. People are frantic in terms of imminent incidents. Thank you for the new information.