Nature and Travel
| Iceland Monitor
| Wed 12 Oct 2016
| 21.18 GMT
Severe weather warning: Flooding in S. and W. Iceland
We have received the following warning from the Icelandic Meteorological Office:
“Flooding is occurring on Barðaströnd, Snæfellsness, and at the Mýrdalsjökull ice-cap. Note that river levels around Mýrdalsjökull will increase further overnight and on Thursday. Flood conditions are expected in streams and rivers from Mýrdalsjökull to Hornafjörður. Travellers are urged to avoid all watercourses in the above-mentioned regions in the coming days.”