A new road will soon be built to Seljalandsfoss waterfall, South Iceland.

The 14-year-old girl, who for 40 minutes was buried in an avalanche in Flateyri, the West Fjords, Tuesday night, before being rescued, described the experience.

The number of Icelanders who seek medical care abroad has rapidly increased in recent years.

Two bodies were discovered on Sólheimasandur beach, South Iceland, yesterday, near the American plane wreck.

The avalanches that fell in Flateyri, the West Fjords, Tuesday night are among the largest in world to have hit deflecting dams.

“Of course this wasn’t supposed to be able to happen,” Ísafjörður Mayor Guðmundur Gunnarsson tells mbl.is.

Twenty-five years ago today, an avalanche fell in the village Súðavík in the West Fjords, claiming 14 lives.

The West Iceland Police have received several reports of suspicious people in their district in January.

Three large avalanches fell in the West Fjords shortly before midnight last night - two of them in the village of Flateyri and the third near the village of Suðureyri.

“Everything trembled and shook, and we heard a rumble as the the slope exploded on the other side of the fjord.”

The West Fjords Police Department asks people in the West Fjords to respect road closures.

We reported last week that 39 tourists were successfully rescued from Langjökull glacier on January 7, after being caught in a blizzard during a snowmobile tour organized by Mountaineers of Iceland.

The rescue team Kyndill in Kirkjubæjarklaustur was called out last night to assist tourists, stuck in their cars by Núpar, east of Kirkjubæjarklaustur.

In Þistilfjörður, Northeast Iceland, an unusual sight awaited residents, following the severe weather that hit the area last weekend.

Due to weather, Icelandair has rescheduled some flights today for early departure.

A man in his 40s is dead following a collision on Reykjanesbraut road, near the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum smelter in Straumsvík, Southwest Iceland, last night.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued and orange weather alert for most of the country today.

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More than 100 horses perished in the violent storm that hit North Iceland in December.

Road conditions and the weather in Iceland could deteriorate rapidly this afternoon.

What do you do when the road is closed and you need to catch a flight?

Due to a serious accident, Ring Road 1 has been temporarily closed in Southwest Iceland.

“The company, we think, is reckless, and this trip should have been cancelled.”

“Given the information now available, I don’t see how the company could rightly make the decision to take a trip under the circumstances.”

We reported yesterday that 39 people were rescued from the base of Langjökull glacier after having been taken on a snowmobile trip in the highlands by the snowmobile tour company Mountaineers of Iceland.

About 300 rescue workers in 57 vehicles were called out shortly before 8 pm last night to rescue a group of 39 people at the base of Langjökull glacier.

All international flights to and from Icelandearly this morning were canceled, as well as all domestic flights.

Stormy weather has caused trouble in many parts of Iceland today.

Iceland ranks 18th on the 2019 Human Freedom Index of the Fraser Institute.

Most international flights to and from Keflavík International Airport, scheduled this afternoon through 8 pm, have been canceled, due to inclement weather.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued a yellow weather alert for the whole country today.

Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Golden Globe last night for best original score.

Travelers in the East Fjords and Southeast Iceland need to be aware that dangerous wind gusts are expected in these areas this afternoon and evening, making driving conditions hazardous.

A warning has just been posted on road.is, indicating that Ring Road 1, near Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, will likely be closed due to inclement weather this afternoon.

Spectacular iridescent clouds formed in the sky above South Iceland Friday morning.