"We are just on our toes and on alert," says Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, head of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, in an interview with mbl.is when asked about the situation on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

The teachers' strike action will resume today and will cover fourteen preschools and seven primary schools.

In the 1990s, many people fled the terrible war in Yugoslavia, and some of them came all the way to Iceland. At that time, I was working as a photographer for the newspaper and was sent to welcome the group in Blönduós in June 1998 and capture the event on film. This group of 23 people, including women, men, and children, was well received there. The project was both interesting and joyful, but it was one June evening that we, journalist Sigríður B. Tómasdóttir, met the group in the town's community center and then accompanied the Popovic family to their new home at Mýrarbraut 16. The family included the father Zeljko, the mother Radmila, the son Bosko, eight years old, and the daughter Nikolina, six years old, who had come here to escape the war and seek a better life.

People from the media were recently made to leave the offices of the State Conciliation and Mediation, called the Karphús. The reason given was that negotiations were at a sensitive point, but the negotiating committees of the Icelandic Teachers' Union and the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities are now meeting there.

Both the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister said that the government is in close contact with other Nordic countries on security and defense issues, although ministers do not have the opportunity to attend all meetings. There is no need to fear that this issue is being neglected; on the contrary, the current government is not afraid to discuss openly the issues that were not the case with the previous government.

The police in Suðurnes advise people against unnecessary travel to Grindavík.

Members of the Skagafjörður Preschool Teachers' Association and the Skagafjörður Preschool Administrators' Association believe that the chairman of the Skagafjörður Education Committee has violated the code of conduct for elected representatives by participating in a class action lawsuit by parents against the Icelandic Teachers' Union, due to the implementation of strike action in a few selected schools. In doing so, he has chosen personal interests over public interest. Members also believe that he has violated the trust that has been built up over the past few years.

"I think we have to start preparing for another eruption," says Benedikt Ófeigsson, head of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

The main hearing in the case of parents of preschool children against the Icelandic Teachers' Union regarding the implementation of strike action began at 3 pm yesterday in the Reykjavík District Court.

Many places in the capital area can make life difficult for drivers in traffic this morning.

Just after 5 am last night, the Coast Guard control center called out the crew of the rescue ship Björg on Rif on the highest priority due to a fishing boat with two people on board that had lost its rudder and was drifting close to land.

Inga Sæland, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, says in an interview with mbl.is after a government meeting yesterday that she did not mention the police or her position in society in a phone call with Ársæll Guðmundsson, headmaster of Borgarholt School.

“I find this news very concerning if it is true. If Inga [Sæland] has become a minister at this time, then this is a major abuse of ministerial power, which I would say is very serious.”

A few avalanches fell over roads in the Westfjords last night, and the Icelandic Meteorological Office's avalanche watch is monitoring the situation closely due to the avalanche risk.

There will be widespread snowfall or sleet in the country today in an easterly or variable direction 3-10 m/​s. The wind will be more northerly in the afternoon and it will reduce the wind and ease in the south of the country. Frost will be between 1 and 10 degrees.

A runway at Reykjavík Airport had to be closed an hour ago due to an accident. A plane skidded off the runway during landing. Guðjón Helgason, Isavia's public relations officer, confirms that no one was injured.

A change in the healthcare system needs to be viewed in the same light as the new construction of Landspítali National Hospital, it is a similarly extensive project but no such work is underway. Elderly patients with chronic diseases often receive a lot of medication that can have serious side effects. Then gender differences can arise in the excretion of drugs.

"As always, there are all kinds of conversations between the parties and they are continuing. We are actively looking for ways to resolve this dispute. But no decision has been made to convene a formal meeting," says Ástráður Haraldsson, the state mediator, in an interview with mbl.is, about the wage dispute between teachers, the state, and municipalities.

"I first came here in 2018," says Ted Karlberg of Siglufjörður, but since then he has traveled there annually. Karlberg is a Swedish photographer and filmmaker who participated in the making of the Netflix film The Abyss. He is a trained chef and a big herring enthusiast, which is how the connection to Siglufjörður comes about.

Mjálmar, Ellen Kristjánsdóttir's cat, is sitting on a journalist's lap as we sit down at the kitchen table. Ellen serves tea, cookies, and a bowl of licorice pieces for the guest, who reaches for the candy. Meanwhile, Mjálmar chats loudly with Ellen about life and existence. She talks about her life with warmth and sincerity and holds nothing back.

A multiple vehicle collision occurred on Miklabraut this evening. No one was injured, but photos from a witness show several cars that appear to have collided, including one that has gone off the road.

Over the past 24 hours, more than ten earthquakes have been recorded just east of Mt Western Hvalhnúkur, the largest measuring 3.0, which was measured 5.5 kilometers south-southwest of Bláfjallaskáli just after 6 am this morning.

Icelanders are eagerly awaiting tonight's match at the World Handball Championship, when they will face the home team in Croatia, led by Dagur Sigurðsson.

Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir, a member of parliament for the Independence Party, will submit a bill to strip Icelandic citizenship from citizens born abroad, including if they are guilty of serious crimes.

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 to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

The innovation at Seltjarnarness Swimming Pool has been well received, offering free access to the pool to children and young people up to the age of 18. The Seltjarnarnes Municipal Council unanimously approved last year to abolish the fee for this group and this arrangement took effect at the turn of the year.

Three medium-sized floods fell in Neskaupstaður last night but did not threaten settlements. The weather is now good in Neskaupstaður and the evacuation in East Iceland is expected to be lifted soon after noon.

The turbulence measured on the Mt Grímsfjall's seismometer and the Gígjukvísl River's water level have returned to similar values ​​as before the glacial run. This means that the Grímsvatn Lakes glacial run, which began about ten days ago, has ended.

A fire broke out in a car in a residential area in Seyðisfjörður last night. The driver of the car escaped without injury. Elvar Snær Kristjánsson, the chief of the Múlaþing fire department in Seyðisfjörður, was the first to arrive at the scene as the fire was only about 50 meters from his home. He ran to the scene with a fire extinguisher in hand.

The President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, has sent her best wishes to Donald Trump and from the Icelandic people on his inauguration as President of the United States.

There are power outages in many parts of the southern fjords in East Iceland. The largest municipality without power is Stöðvarfjörður, where 190 Rarik customers have been without power since around 4 am last night.

According to Tómas Jóhannsson, an avalanche expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there have been no reports of avalanches in the Eastfjords overnight or this morning, but yesterday a level of uncertainty was declared due to the risk of avalanches in the Eastfjords and a level of danger in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður.

"There was no one to take care of them, no institution, only individuals out in town. My sister had half her teeth broken, her shoulder broken, her collarbone broken and her shoulder torn, tendons and other things, but she received no follow-up after she came south," says Dagbjört Hjaltadóttir, the sister of Berglind Kristjánsdóttir who, together with her ex-husband Hafsteinn Númason, lost three children in the avalanche in Súðavík 30 years ago: Hrefna Björg, seven years old, Kristján Númi, 4 years old, and Aðalsteinn Rafn, 2 years old.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has declared an uncertainty level in the East Fjords due to the risk of avalanches, which took effect at noon. From 6 pm today, evacuations will then take effect in residential areas and commercial buildings in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður.

A bus with about 20 passengers on board overturned in Hellisheiði near Hveradalur at ten o'clock this morning.