two days agoThe activity of the eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row has not changed much, but it seems that the crater‘s wall has risen since yesterday.
24 AprThe board of Þórkatla real estate company has now approved the purchase of 263 properties in Grindavík and the owners of the properties concerned have received confirmation of approval. The approved applications have been sent to the purchase agreement which can take up to ten working days.
24 AprThe fact that tourists try to get too close to the eruption site at Sundhnúkagígar crater row is a problem that has also occurred in previous volcanic eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula. However, no rescue teams have been called in connection with the current eruption, but it was noted that an attempt was made to drive a Dacia Duser car offroad in the area. That car is no longer in the lava field as we reported earlier.
23 AprToday, a Japanese ski jumper attempts to break the world record in Hlíðarfjall in Akureyri in collaboration with the beverage manufacturer Red Bull.
23 AprBata Osovina and Tata Osovina have recently posted videos on their social media where they are very close to the volcanic eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row.
22 AprThe police say that injuries to a man in his 40s, who is from Lithuania, have led to suspicions that his death in a summer house in Kiðjabergi in Southern Iceland was caused by foul play.
22 AprTwo tourists were stranded outside Grótta yesterday. Just before 6:30 pm yesterday, the tourists asked for the assistance of rescue teams to reach land, as announced by Landsbjörg rescue team.
22 AprFour men are detained by police on suspicion of being involved in a possible murder at a summer house in the upper parts of Árnessýsla county in the South of Iceland.
20 Apr“It was heavy and strange. I don’t have the number of meetings that were held,” says Sara Barsotti, the volcanic hazard coordinator at the Icelandic Met Office, about the atmosphere at the workplace the day Grindavík had to be evacuated, on November 10.
19 AprThe Icelandic Tourist Board leads a workgroup that has the task of preparing facilities for those who want to view the volcanic eruption in Sundhnúkagígar crater row, where one crater is erupting.
