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.
Halla Tómasdóttir takes office as President of Iceland today. She will be the second woman to hold the position. The formal program begins today at 15:30. "The setup is the same as in 2016 [when Jóhannesson, the sitting president, first took office]. In 2020, of course, and during Covid, everything was smaller,” says Sigurður Örn Guðleifsson, a lawyer in the Prime Minister's Office who is responsible for organizing the inauguration, in an interview with Morgunblaðið.
Iceland is a favorite of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. He has visited the country many times and always speaks beautifully about his experience of the country and the people.
Iceland's President Guðni Jóhannesson received 300 guests at Bessastaðir yesterday. This was his last reception during his tenure, which officially ends at midnight.
There is an increased chance of a magma run and even a volcanic eruption in the coming days. The number of earthquakes in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row is slowly increasing, and experts at the Icelandic Meteorological Office believe that enough pressure has built up in the system to trigger a new event.
Jóhannes Gissurarson, a farmer at Herjólfsstaðir in Álftaver, believes that it is logical to think that some sheep have fallen prey to the glacier outburst flood, which began in Skálm on Saturday.
The sun has shone for 104.5 hours in the capital area so far in the month of July. It is 62 hours of sunshine below average, or a full week of sunshine below average. This is the seventh wettest month of July in the capital area since the beginning of measurements.
Large queues of cars formed at the road closures on the ring road in the southern part of Iceland, but the road was closed in a section yesterday due to a glacial outburst flood.
"We have really had a lot of bookings and now the hotel is completely booked for the 2026 solar eclipse. The booking status is just 100%,".
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 Office is monitoring the situation.
A glacial runoff has started in Skálm east of Mýrdalsjökull. Glacial water floods the highway in the area.
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.
The arctic tern’s nesting (Sterna paradisaea) at Seltjarnanes has gone beyond expectations and no minks attacked the nests.
There was a high level of alertness at the intersection of Miklubraut and Kringlumyrarbraut at eight o'clock last night following a collision between a pick-up truck and a police car.
The 19-year-old risk-taker Viktor Yngvi Ísaksson made the bold decision to dive into Stuðlagil Canyon recently. He has been diving out in nature for three years and has gained considerable experience in his practice during that time.
According to the latest Met Office data, Magma continues accumulating under Svartsengi. A magma run or a volcanic eruption is expected in the next two to three weeks.
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.
“The whole of Mt Hagafell is just a cracked,” Jón Steinar Sæmundsson told mbl.is.
Örn Árnason, actor and guide, is a great storyteller. One of his favorite stories from the Icelandic historical lore is the story of Berserkjabraut on Snæfellsnes. When Örn is guiding foreign visitors, he often goes there.
The sun was shining on the chess players who attended the Icelandic Chess Federation tournament in Ingólfstorg yesterday. A total of 33 players participated in the tournament and Arnar Gunnarsson was the winner.
Hvammsvík is a unique natural paradise in Hvalfjörður, less than an hour from the capital area. The history of Hvammsvík dates back to the twentieth century, as mentioned in Landnáma when Hvamm-Þórir settled in the area. Hvammsvík was a long-standing farm, with a military base during World War II, a golf course, a campsite, and fishing for a while.
Almost 1,200 competitors are enrolled in the International Bike Race The Rift, which begins at Hvolsvöllur tomorrow, Saturday. The race will take place on the 200-kilometre route the competitors will cover. The vast majority of the competitors are from abroad, and about half of them have participated before. According to the weather forecast, weather gods will be on the team with the cyclists.
“To be honest, I was shocked when I saw this decision,” says Arthur Bogason, chairman of the National Association of Small Boat Owners, about the decision in a case concerning the collision between the cargo ship Longdawn and the coastal fishing boat Hadda.
A professor of volcanology believes it is likely that the beginning of the next eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula will occur in similar locations to the last eruption on the peninsula, namely near Sundhnúkagígar crater row.
Charges have been issued against a man who is suspected of stabbing another man in Súðavík.
At least five landslides occurred in Iceland this past weekend. One of them closed roads in Svínadalur in Skarðsströnd, Dalabyggð.
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.
The helicopter unit of the Icelandic Coast Guard was called twice out at the request of the South Iceland police yesterday and last night. In both cases, hikers were in trouble hiking in the mountains.
A new collaboration agreement on the promotion of Icelandic art abroad has been signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir and the director of the National Gallery of Iceland, Ingibjörg Jóhannsdóttir.
“It’s been raining hard many times, but this is unusual now,” farmer Ragnar Rúnar Jóhannsson in the farm Kverná-Neðri in Grundarfjörður told mbl.is.
The couple Óli Valur Steindórsson and Ragnheiður Þengilsdóttir had a stressful, tense, but above all, joyful moment when all things were said and done at the river Víðidalsá this morning. Þengilsdóttir put in a large salmon at the fishing area Gapastokkur in the river. Soon, the couple, who are both experienced anglers, saw that the salmon was large, and not just that, but huge.
Emergency responders are searching for a person who is believed to have gone into the sea at Örfirisey in Grandi in west Reykjavík.
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.
It looks like there will be a record attendance in the Reykjavík Marathon, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
The captain of the cargo ship Longdawn has been sentenced to 12 months' probation. The captain of the ship has been sentenced to 8 months' probation. They steered the ship when it collided with the coastal fishing boat Hadda.
