Dreki

05/08/2024

"It was relatively in the most calm way possible, so far I don't have any big issues in my hands after this National Festival," says Karl Gauti Hjaltason, police chief in the Westman Islands

03/08/2024

The coastal road has been closed on both sides of Djúpavík after the road was closed on the north side in Reykjarfjörður due to a rock slide and fell apart on the south side in Veiðileysa. At least fifty people were trapped in Djúpavík.

02/08/2024

EN: And now more roads are added to the list of closed roads. Nobody said it was easy to drive everywhere in Iceland...

2. august 2024: Road closure
👉F206 the road to Laki is closed due to very high water level in the rivers on the way . The rivers are impassable even for big jeeps at the moment ❗
👉The road should open as soon as the water level gets lover within the next 1-3 days.
👉Monitor information on https://umferdin.is/en

IS: Fleiri vegir hafa lokast í dag.
2. ágúst 2024: Vegalokun
👉Vegurinn í Laka, F206, er lokaður vegna mikilla vatnavaxta í ánum á leiðinni. Árnar eru erfiðar yfirferðar jafnvel fyrir jeppa og stóra bíla.
👉Vegurinn verður opnaður aftur um leið og sjatnar aftur í ánum sem ætti að vera næstu 1-3 daga.
👉Hægt er að fylgjast með upplýsingum á https://umferdin.is/

02/08/2024

And a bit more of closed roads:
EN: Westfjords - Road closure north of Hólmavík. The road 643 to Strandir is closed between Veyðileysufjörður and Reykjafjörður due to damaged road. The situation will be evaluated today. Further information at https://umferdin.is/en/

IS: Vegalokun - Strandavegur norðan Hólmavíkur. Vegurinn á milli Veiðileysufjarðar og Reykjafjarðar er grafinn í sundur og er lokaður. Viðgerðarflokkur á leið á staðinn. Frekari upplýsingar á https://umferdin.is/

01/08/2024

Seismic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula has remained stable for the last few days, with minor seismic activity, and everything seems to be under calm conditions.

29/07/2024

29/07/2024

Great summary 😀

Hello everybody!On July 27th, a Jökulhlaup occurred from Mýrdalsjökull which is the glacier that covers Iceland's most powerful volcano, Katla.This Jökulhlau...

28/07/2024

Amazing !

On Road No. 1, east of the Skálm River, work has been underway to repair a section damaged by yesterday's glacial flood since this morning. The road between Vík and Eldvatn is still closed. It will most likely be reopened this evening.

28/07/2024

The glacier runoff in Skálm east of Mýrdalsjökull is probably over. The water level has dropped below what it was before the run. Several earthquakes have been recorded on the western side of Mýrdalsjökull glacier. It is possible that another glacier run will start there. The Icelandic Met Offi...

27/07/2024

A glacial runoff has started in Skálm east of Mýrdalsjökull. Glacial water floods the highway in the area.

27/07/2024

**Attention! More roads in that area are now closed. Check https://umferdin.is/en for updates.**
July 27: Floods from Mýrdalsjökull glacier! Until further notice: Road 1 is closed between Vík and road 211, F232 is closed. Respect closures. Travelers are asked to leave the area east of Mýrdalsjökull. Possible dangerous gasses around glacial rivers in the area.

27/07/2024

Humpback whales have been unafraid to hang out at Iceland's ports. There are now about ten humpback whales at the harbor in Borgarfjörður East, and a whale expert says they are sociable creatures that are not afraid of people, but there is one thing in particular that draws them so close to land.

24/07/2024

The tourism industry’s peak season appears to be considerably weaker than expected in the spring, and it is likely that tourist numbers will be lower this year than in the previous year. This is reflected in Íslandsbanki’s analysis.

23/07/2024

The Icelandic Met Office has updated its hazard assessment for the Reykjanes Peninsula. If it comes to an eruption, two scenarios are considered most likely. Lava flow could potentially block escape routes on land in about six hours.

22/07/2024

“The whole of Mt Hagafell is just a cracked,” Jón Steinar Sæmundsson told mbl.is.

18/07/2024

The National Police bomb squad is on alert in the departure hall of Keflavík Airport after an object exploded in a toilet. The flight schedule is not thought to be affected.

18/07/2024

At least five landslides occurred in Iceland this past weekend. One of them closed roads in Svínadalur in Skarðsströnd, Dalabyggð.

16/07/2024

The likelihood of a magma-run or a new volcanic eruption in the next three weeks has increased considerably. This is stated in a notice from the Met Office.

16/07/2024

Dangerous road from 2004 ! A scary memory !

15/07/2024

The North of the country could experience great warmth in places, perhaps hitting 25 today.

13/07/2024

The magma accumulation under Svartsengi is now eight million cubic metres and the inflow is steady. This is what Lovísa Mjöll Guðmundsdóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, says to Morgunblaðið.

12/07/2024

There is less demand for rental cars than last summer, and tourists rent them for a shorter period of time. The owner of one rental company says that the nation has "fallen asleep" and needs to advertise itself better abroad.

11/07/2024

GPS and satellite data show that the inflation at Svartsengi is moving faster than before the eruption began on May 29.

09/07/2024

A wave of warm air is entering Iceland from the southwest on Thursday, coming from North America, as meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson reports on Blika.is, citing a map from the Icelandic Met Office.

09/07/2024

The Northeast could reach a sweltering 24 degrees on Saturday

08/07/2024

Inflation on the Reykjanes peninsula continues to move along the same path as before the weekend, indicating a volcanic eruption in a few weeks according to Einar Hjörleifsson, a natural hazard expert at the Iceland Met Office.

04/07/2024

New registrations of electric passenger cars in Iceland were about 76% fewer in the first half of 2022 than in the same period last year. This can be read from the figures from the Icelandic Transport Authority when looking at only electric cars.

03/07/2024

The speed of the inflation is higher than before the eruption on May 29 and is at a similar rate as at the beginning of the year. There is a chance of another magma-run and the likelihood of another volcanic eruption in the coming weeks and months.

02/07/2024

Volcanologist Þor­vald­ur Þór­ðar­son accepts the announcement by the Icelandic Met Office of increased inflation at Sund­hnúkagígar crater row with reservations. He doesn’­t think­ that a volcanic eruption will occur in the area any time soon.