"I was just there the same day, these were men I had met the day before and we had breakfast together."

"The attendance was triple for us, roughly estimated, this morning compared to an average day, so we take this very seriously," says Drífa Magnúsdóttir, director of the Laugardalslaugin, in an interview with mbl.is about the number of visitors this morning due to the lack of hot water, adding that some people visited this beloved energy source of Reykjavík just to take a shower.

Today there is a prospect of a northerly breeze in the country, but a stronger wind in the east. A little rain will be in the northeast and cool in those areas. Generally, it will be clear skies and beautiful weather in the South and West with a temperature of 15 degrees Celcius at the best.

The route Fjallabaksleið north into Landmannalaugar is in the worst shape these days, but the reason for that is the recent rainy weather, which caused the Road Administration to not be able to grade the road. Now, however, the aim is for that work to be completed in the next few days.

The luxury yacht Octopus is now docked at Faxagarður in Reykjavík Harbor. The yacht is owned by Swedish tycoon Roger Samuelsson, who owns a majority stake in the Swiss pharmaceutical company SHL Medical.

Over the past few days, the number of earthquakes has increased day by day around the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. About 110 earthquakes were recorded yesterday, August 18, but there were about 60 to 90 per day last week. More than 50 earthquakes have been recorded since midnight.

"I don't understand how it can be messed up so much," says Telma Rós Jónsdóttir in an interview with a mbl.is reporter about the incident in Rome where she, her boyfriend, and a 14-year-old boy were not allowed to board a flight to Iceland that they had already paid for.

The police in the capital area were called in three separate projects in the western part of Reykjavík where persons under the influence with a knife were reported.

According to Jóhanna Malen Skúladóttir, a natural disaster expert, the land mass at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row has slowed down. Seismic activity remains high in the magma tunnel, up to 90 quakes per day.

"I don't understand how it can be messed up so much," says Telma Rós Jónsdóttir in an interview with a mbl.is reporter about the incident in Rome where she, her boyfriend, and a 14-year-old boy were not allowed to board a flight to Iceland that they had already paid for.

A magnitude 3 earthquake hit Grímsey shortly after midnight. The first measurements by the Icelandic Meteorological Office indicated that it was 3.4 in magnitude, but it turned out to be a magnitude 3.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred in the south-eastern side of Bárðarbunga crater at 2.53 am last night. As a result, there were several smaller earthquakes, but there are no signs of unrest, according to the announcement by the Icelandic Met Office.

There will be no hot water for one and a half days in all of Hafnarfjörður, Kópavogur, Álftanes, Garðabær, Norðlingaholt, Breiðholt, Hólmsheiði, Almannadalur, and Norðlingaholt from 10 pm next Monday until noon on Wednesday, August 21.

The guitarist and prima motor of blues in Iceland, Halldór Bragason, died in the Amtmannstígur fire Tuesday. He was 68 years old. Halldór was the frontman of the blues band Vinir Dóra and performed, among other things, for the Reykjavík Blues Festival for years.

"I can only see that the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland will start some interest rate reduction process now," ASÍ president Finnbjörn A. Hermannsson says when asked what he thinks the committee will do at the next meeting.

The researchers of deCODE Genetics recently found rare genetic variations that increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, according to the announcement of the company. The discovery could raise hopes that it will be possible to develop new drugs for the disease.

“There is a continuing development and we are in the process of assuming that it can start erupting at any time,” says Benedikt Gunn­ar Ófeigs­son, the director of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Met Office, to mbl.is.

Musician Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir has been nominated for the MTV VMA awards ceremony in New York City on September 11th.

All four passengers of the two cars that collided yesterday at Gígjukvísl River were foreigners.

"There is nothing to suggest otherwise," says Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, senior police officer at the police in Suðurland, in a conversation with Morgunblaðinn's reporter, when asked if it is possible to categorically say that the request of tourists in Mt Kerlingarfjöll for help was a false message.

Four people are injured after two cars collided near Gígjukvísl River on Skeiðarársandur in the third hour today. The Coast Guard helicopter is on its way to the scene.

The real estate company Þórkatla intends to offer former owners of housing in Grindavík both lease agreements and so-called loyalty agreements, but their prerequisite is that it is considered safe to stay in Grindavík.

According to the organizer, yesterday's Pride parade from Hallgrímskirkja to Hjómskálagarður Park was a huge success. The police are saying the same thing.

Logi Guðmundsson sits in the reception area of ​​the physiotherapist's office and politely answers the phone when the clients call. At first glance, he seems like a normal teenager, tall and thin, doing his summer job.

The Eastern region is very dear to Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. She grew up in Vaðbrekka in Hrafnkelsdalur Valley, then lived in Fellabær during high school, before moving to Reykjavík in her twenties. She says she is quite good at visiting her childhood memories, and most of her family still lives in the East. She rejoices with those who have yet to experience coming to Stórurð hiking trails for the first time.

At the same time that a volcanic eruption is expected in the vicinity of Grindavík at any moment, the Grindavík Committee has submitted an action plan for construction worth 470 million ISK. Of this, Grindavíkurbær will pay 30 million, while the state will pay 440 million.

Tens of thousands gathered last weekend in Gimli, Canada to celebrate the annual Icelanders' Day, which has long been an important event for Icelanders in the West.

Mild weather is expected in the country this weekend, but it will be partly cloudy and wet from time to time. It is rather overcast and cool in the north of the country today, but it will lighten up and warm up tomorrow.

The landslide that took down material from the southeast side of Skíðaskálinn in Hveradalir in mid-July has probably broken the top layer of the soil above a steaming hot spring.

The number of daily earthquakes at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row continues to rise. According to the Icelandic Met Office's model calculations, enough pressure has developed in the volcanic system to potentially trigger a magma flow or eruption in the coming days.

"It went very well. It has been a dream for a long time to open a museum cafe like this at the Síldarminjasafn, Herring museum, and then be able to primarily offer herring, which is in short supply in many parts of Iceland," says Anita Elefsen, director of the Síldarminjasafn, Herring museum, in Siglufjörður. The museum opened a new cafe on Saturday.

Berjaya Food International (BFI) has secured the operating rights to open and operate a Starbucks coffee shop in Iceland.

It is suspected that a fake call triggered an extensive search at Kerlingarfjöll on Monday and yesterday.

The police in Southern Iceland have postponed the search for tourists who have been searched for in Kerlingarfjöll since last night.

Pride was launched earlier today and the street in front of the Pride social center was painted in the colors of the inclusive progress flag, a flag that combines the rainbow flag, the trans flag, and the intersex flag among others, says Hrefna Þórarinsdóttir, the director of the Pride social center.