Ideas about introducing a park ranger service at Reynisfjara have not been brought to the attention of the Environment Agency of Iceland.
Nearly eleven thousand people have registered for the Íslandsbanki Reykjavík Marathon, which will take place on August 23. Registration closes next week, and the window to secure a spot in the race is quickly closing.
Estonian couple Raiko Suurna and Aivi Murd-Murulauk were on a family trip in Iceland with their children and a family of friends when they witnessed the fatal accident at Reynisfjara Black Beach on Saturday.
A new safety group will be established to provide increased monitoring of Reynisfjara Black Beach.
The United States government’s decision to impose a 15% tariff on imports from Iceland was made unilaterally and announced at short notice, and the Icelandic government has expressed its disappointment with the decision.
The police in Vestmannaeyjar had their hands full during the Þjóðhátíð festival, handling close to 300 cases.
A yellow warning light was flashing at Reynisfjara beach on Saturday when a nine-year-old girl from Germany died after being swept into the sea. The last three fatal accidents at the beach have all occurred near the basalt columns. An information sign was blown away from the beach a few weeks ago.
A fatal accident occurred at Reynisfjara Black Beach on Saturday. The Icelandic Coast Guard received notification of the incident shortly before 3 p.m., and shortly afterward, one of its helicopters was airborne to search for the girl. At 4:54 p.m., the police issued a statement reporting that the girl had been found by the helicopter.
Harpa Marín Þórarinsdóttir and Páll Steinar Sigurbjörnsson welcomed their third child on Monday — under extraordinary circumstances, as their son was born in a moving car in the middle of the Hvalfjörður tunnel.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new tariffs on imports from dozens of trade partners. The tariffs will range from 10 to 41 percent.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has added a third yellow weather warning, with forecasts predicting strong winds and heavy rain this evening.
Search and rescue teams from Eyjafjörður and Siglufjörður were called out last night after four hikers became trapped in a difficult position in the Nesskriður area near Siglufjörður.
With Verslunarmannahelgin (the Merchant’s Weekend) approaching, people across Iceland are hitting the road — and Halldór Kristinn Harðarson, organizer of the Ein með öllu festival in Akureyri, says the town is buzzing with anticipation.
The real estate market appears to be in a slump, according to the latest survey conducted by the Housing and Construction Authority (HMS) among real estate agents on July 2.
Deformation measurements indicate that inflation has resumed at Svartsengi, but data from the coming days will provide further clarity.
Þorvaldur Þórðarson, professor of volcanology, says he expects that an eruption in the Ljósufjöll volcanic system on Snæfellsnes may not be far off.
Iceland’s biggest travel weekend is just around the corner. Preparations are well underway for Þjóðhátíð, the country’s largest outdoor festival, held in Vestmannaeyjar — and everything is nearly ready for the weekend. Organizers aren’t letting a gloomy weather forecast dampen their spirits; they’re hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
A warning has been issued for strong wind gusts beneath Hafnarfjall and in localized areas in the northern part of Snæfellsnes between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. this evening.
Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Iceland’s Minister for the Environment, Energy, and Climate, says it would be irresponsible for the state to actively promote oil exploration, considering how the last attempt ended. However, the laws are clear: anyone may apply for a license to explore for oil, conduct surveys, and even carry out shallow drilling on the seabed.
Lína Birgitta Sigurðardóttir, owner of Define the Line and a proud Hafnarfjörður native, was recently spotted at the Í hjarta Hafnarfjarðar (“In the Heart of Hafnarfjörður”) festival. Now in its ninth year, the festival is held with great fanfare and celebration — and Lína says it has a significant positive impact on the town.
A foreign tourist died yesterday near Hrafntinnusker, a mountain located along the Laugavegur hiking trail and near the mountain hut of the same name.
Salmon fishing this summer has been rather sluggish, with catches in most of the country’s main salmon rivers significantly lower than at the same time last year.
Striking new satellite images of Skeiðarárjökull from Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation program, show that the glacier has retreated significantly—by about half a kilometer to one kilometer along its edge—over the past eight years since earlier images were taken.
All fishermen employed by the seafood company Einhamar Seafood in Grindavík were laid off at the end of the month. However, all of them will be rehired.
Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson believes that the eruption in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row, which began on July 16, is nearing its end — and that the ongoing volcanic episode in the area may also be coming to a close.
Volcanic activity at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row has slowed since yesterday morning but has remained relatively stable since then.
Sisters Þórhildur and Hulda Dagmar Magnúsdóttir matched the Icelandic record for the combined age of siblings yesterday — and today they break the record as their combined age reaches 206 years and 203 days.
Volcanic activity at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row has remained fairly stable overnight. The eruption continues from a single crater, with lava flowing eastward and spreading out across the lava field within 1 km of the crater. Movement at the outer edges of the lava field is minimal or slow.
No one was injured on board the dredger Álfsnes when a fire broke out in the engine room, causing a power failure in Pollurinn near Ísafjörður late last night.
A steady stream of foreign tourists made their way to the eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row yesterday, while Icelanders were a rare sight in the area.
The Iceland–Palestine Association says in a statement issued yesterday that it regrets “the incident that occurred at the association’s protest yesterday, when one demonstrator splashed red paint on a journalist from mbl.is.”
A protester affiliated with the organization Iceland-Palestine splashed red paint on a photographer for Morgunblaðið and mbl.is at the scene.
Seven Russian trawlers are fishing just outside Iceland’s exclusive economic zone. At the peak in mid-June, there were fifteen vessels.
The Icelandic Tourist Board is warning tourism operators that conditions due to air pollution near Fagradalsfjall and the Sundhnúkar crater area are currently very dangerous. All emergency responders in the area are now required to wear masks.
