"If economic activity starts again in Grindavík, some life could be revived there. For now, however, the town can be written off," says Helgi Einarsson, a former captain in that town.

Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir and other government ministers met with the National Police Commissioner, police officers and people from the health system after the government meeting yesterday, where the discussion was about increased carrying of weapons and violence among young people.

A foreign man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for importing almost 900 grams of cocaine, which he brought with him on a flight from Zurich, Switzerland in June this year.

Over 200 people took part in a defense exercise at the defense area in Reykjanesbær yesterday, where the response to a group accident due to a volcanic eruption was practiced. The exercise was part of Norður Víkingur, a 1,200-person military exercise that has been going on for the past few days and will end today.

"Everyone is shocked by this terrible event. This should not happen in our society, that a 17-year-old girl dies in this way." This is what Guðrún Inga Sivertsen, the principal of the Commercial College of Iceland, says when asked about the atmosphere in the school following the tragic death of Bryndís Klara Birgisdóttir, who died following a stabbing attack in the city center on Culture Night.

Two jets are still the most active in the volcanic eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row, and lava continues to accumulate around there.

The defense exercise Norður Víkingur started this week and will last until Tuesday, September 3. The exercise is held on the basis of the bilateral defense agreement between Iceland and the United States from 1951 and normally takes place every two years.

The girl who was stabbed in the city center on Menningarnótt has died.

"It is quite possible that we will again measure gas pollution like last night," says Salóme Jórunn Bernharðsdóttir, natural hazard expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, in an interview with mbl.is, but a lot of air pollution was measured in Vogur, both due to sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the eruption and particulate matter due to wildfires and volcanic smog.

GDP decreased in the second quarter, and this is therefore the second quarter in a row where there is a contraction. However, an economist does not want to go so far as to say that the economy is nearing depression.

The representatives of Ice Pic Journeys issued a statement yesterday regarding a fatal accident that occurred during a trip organized by the company on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on Sunday. This is the first time that the representatives of the company have spoken out after the accident, but Morgunblaðið and mbl.is have repeatedly tried to get hold of them in the last few days.

A total of twenty earthquakes have hit Bárðarbunga in the past 24 hours.

Considerable magma activity remains in two craters north of the fissure in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. The craters are very close to each other and the rims are gradually growing.

The condition of the girl who suffered life-threatening injuries in the stabbing attack at Skúlagata in Reykjavík on Saturday evening is unchanged. She is still in critical condition.

"I come over there to the man who was found dead under the ice, his feet are sticking out and he's leaning down like that. I take a hook, push the ice off him, and pull him up so he doesn't choke. I perform CPR on the man. Then I get the news that there is an injured woman above and it is his wife," says Birgir Þór Júlíusson, who came to the fatal accident on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on Sunday.

Helgi Björnsson, glaciologist and professor emeritus at the Earth Sciences Institute of the University of Iceland, believes that it is extremely dangerous to offer trips to ice caves during the summer. The caves are constantly changing during the summer when the glacier is moving more. You should wait until autumn to go on such trips.

Emergency personnel are looking for two people who are trapped under the debris of an ice cave that collapsed in Breiðamerkurjökull glacier yesterday.

The condition of the girl who suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing attack in the city center on Culture Night is unchanged, according to Grímur Grímsson, senior police officer of the central investigation department.

Rescue operations at Breiðamerkurjökull glacier have been completed. Search has been cancelled.

Three young people were stabbed at Skúlagata in the center of Reykjavík just before twelve o'clock last night, and one of them is in critical condition. The police have not ruled out that the attack is an attempted murder.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.2 was measured in the magma tunnel north of Mt Stóra-Skógfell at 2 am. It is the largest earthquake in the region since Thursday.

Lava from the eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula flows mostly to the northwest and does not seem to be moving quickly. The flow of lava towards Grindavíkurvegur Road seems to have stopped.

Reykjavík's biggest outdoor gathering is Culture Night where endless activities can be enjoyed downtown, in museums, outdoors and in various venues. There will be art, music, dancing, games, theatre and lots of other things throughout the day and evening.

Katrín Una Sigurðardóttir, a nine-year-old girl from Siglufjörður, plans to take part in the Reykjavík marathon today. She runs in the recreational race in memory of her sister, Elvíra María, who died last year after a battle with acute leukemia.

The hiker who fell into a crevasse last night while watching the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula was treated for a broken leg.

Einar Þorsteinsson, the mayor of Reykjavík, will be around the city center tomorrow and will, among other things, start the half and full marathons in Íslandsbanki's Reykjavík Marathon 2024, together with Friða Bjarnadóttir.

On Culture Night is one of the last live music performances before Kex Hostels closes the venue for live music. Halldór Ólafur Halldórsson, better known as DJ Óli Dóri, is the event manager at Kex Hostels and a host of Straumur radio show at X97.

Gas pollution is not expected during the Reykjavík Marathon or Culture Night tomorrow, according to an announcement from the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

The activity of the eruption has decreased somewhat since it was at its peak last night and it is mostly confined to the northern end of the fissure that opened first and on the fissure that opened last night north of the original fissure.

A big earthquake struck at 10.37 pm last night. It was felt in many places in the capital area.

A hiker had to be rescued last night. He fell into a crevasse while observing the latest eruption. The maximum speed has been lowered on a certain section of the Reykjanesbraut.

Here is live stream from mbl.is video cams from the eruption:

Jón Haukur Steingrímsson, geoengineer at Efla Engineering, says that the lava from the new eruption is heading north of Mt Sýlingarfell.

The Blue Lagoon activity area in Svartsengi has been evacuated and it took about 40 minutes. About 1,300 people, guests and staff, were in the lagoon when the upheaval began. Guests have reached the end of the road or are on their way to other hotels.

A considerable number of cars are now driving Grindavíkurvegur Road from Svartsengi and Grindavík, but evacuation is ongoing. Rescue teams were at the intersection of Reykjanesbraut and Grindavíkurvegar and stopped those who wanted to get closer to the eruption.