Dreki

27/02/2025

Super photo day 😀👍

26/02/2025

RÚV.is

21/02/2025

The volume of magma beneath Svartsengi has now reached the same levels as before the last eruption. The police are sending messages in English today to everyone in Grindavík and Svartsengi, to warn foreign tourists about possible seismic activity.

20/02/2025

This is shame as this will dramatically change a special place - Hagavatn 🤔

Hagavatnsvirkjun ehf. plans to build a 9.9 MW hydroelectric power plant at Hagavatn Lake, south of Langjökull glacier in Bláskógabyggð. The preliminary design of the power plant, which has been named Hagavatnsvirkjun, is being worked on, and the company has now submitted an environmental impact ...

19/02/2025

Fuel tax on petrol and diesel will be abolished, and a per-kilometre tax will replace it. The Minister of Finance says this is an important and unavoidable change.

17/02/2025

Veðurstofa Íslands (Icelandic Meteorological Office) has issued a warning about a possible strong earthquake in Brennisteinsfjöll and encourages the public to review safety guidelines. A magnitude 2.8 quake was felt in the capital area yesterday.

11/02/2025

The risk assessment due to the seismic activity on Reykjanes remains unchanged. A natural hazard specialist at Veðurstofa Íslands (Icelandic Meteorological Office) says that magma in the chamber beneath Svartsengi has reached its lower limits.

07/02/2025

RÚV.is

05/02/2025

Very bad weather - red weather alert!

February 5-6, 2025 - From Wednesday until Thursday evening.
The warnings are in place for all Iceland. The weather forecast includes:
Very strong winds, 20-33 m/s (72-119 km/h).
Snowfall in the Westfjords, heavy rain in all other parts of the island.

Roads have been closed, no travel conditions!

04/02/2025

RÚV.is

22/01/2025

https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2025/01/22/increased_likelihood_of_magma_flow_or_volcanic_erup/

Inflation continues on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row, but the speed has decreased slightly. According to model calculations, it can be assumed that the probability of magma flow and even volcanic eruption on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row will increase in late January or early February, according...

21/01/2025

17/01/2025

RÚV.is

17/01/2025

EN:
January 18-19, 2025 - All Iceland: Storm and/or snow blizzard
The weekend is coming up with bad weather in the whole island at some point. The warnings are active in different time periods in our island, they start at Friday night and last throughout the Saturday.
It will be windy everywhere but it's different if it rains or snows.

🌍 Southwest-, South- and Southeast Iceland: From Reykjavík- Höfn.
💨 Storm, 13-23 m/s (46-83 km/h) and wind gusts over 35 m/s (126 km/h) between Hvolsvöllur and Vík and between Skaftafell and Kvísker.
❄️Snowfall or sleet mostly in higher elevation, 💦 rain near the coastline.
🔴 Limited visibility.
🔴 Difficult driving conditions, especially on mountain roads.
👉 Adjust travel plans
AND
🌍 Eastfjords, East-, North and West Iceland and the Westfjords: From Höfn and the rest of the circle till Reykjavík, and the Central highland:
💨 Storm, 13-23 m/s.
❄️ Snowfall, snow blizzard and blowing snow. .
🔴 Limited visibility.
🔴 Difficult driving conditions.
👉 Possibilities of road closures, especially on mountain roads.
👉 Adjust or cancel travel plans

It's recommended to monitor conditions on https://en.vedur.is/ and on https://umferdin.is/en

IS:
18. og 19. janúar 2025: Allt land - stormur og hríðarveður.
Gular viðvaranir taka gildi frá föstudagskvöld fram á laugardag um allt land. Viðvaranirnar gilda mislengi eftir landshlutum. Það er spáð stormi um allt land en misjafnt hvort úrkoman verður í formi snjókomu eða rigningar.

🌍 Suðvestur,- Suður og Suðausturland:
💨 Hvassviðri eða stormur, 13-23 m/s og hviður yfir 35 m/s undir Eyjafjöllum og í Öræfum.
❄️ Snjókoma eða slydda, mestmegnis í hæð, 💦 rigning nær ströndinni.
🔴 Lélegt skyggni og blint.
🔴 Erfið aksturskilyrði, einkum á fjallvegum.
👉 Aðlagið ferðaáætlanir.
OG
Austfirðir, Austur-, Norður-, og Vesturland, Vestfirðir og Miðhálendið:
💨 Hvassviðri eða stormur, 13-23 m/s.
❄️ Talsverð snjókoma, hríðarveður og skafrenningur.
🔴 Blint og lélegt skyggni.
🔴 Erfið aksturskilyrði.
👉 Mögulegar vegalokanir, einkum á fjallvegum.
👉 Aðlagið eða aflýsið ferðaáætlunum.

Bent er á að fylgjast með aðstæðum á https://www.vedur.is/ og https://umferdin.is/