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Vatnagokull

Iceland is preparing for a massive flood of ice and water that is expected to burst out of Europe's largest glacier. The impending flood is the result of the heat from a volcano that recently erupted beneath the glacier. NPR's David Baron reports that Icelanders are used to natural disasters, and are facing the coming deluge with a mixture of stoicism and defiance.

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