REYKJAVIK: Iceland's Meteorological Institute raised its alert over the nation's largest volcano to red on Friday after the Bardarbunga began erupting overnight.

A ban on air traffic around the country's largest volcanic system was also put in place. A previous ban on air traffic around the volcano was lifted on August 24.

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