Power outages in the North and East

A large area of ​​the country is without electricity. The power outage extends from the Westfjords, across the North and all of the Eastfjords. Work is in progress restoring the system.

"There was no electricity from - more or less - Húsavík up to the Westfjords," says Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir, Landsnet's information representative, in an interview with mbl.is.

The power went out around midnight today.

Since mbl.is spoke to Steinunni, Rarik has revealed that the power outage covers an even larger area, as can be seen on the map above.

"We have started building the system and the electricity is starting to come back on." Hopefully we will see the end of this disruption," says Steinunn.

Reduced lighting in the Vaðlaheiði tunnel

She says the power outage started at noon. "There was something that came up at Norðurál that is causing this, that there is a load on the system that the system cannot handle. With the added pressure the lines go out."

On the Vaðlaheiðargöng Facebook page, it is said that due to power outages, lighting in the tunnel is reduced.

"Drive carefully and always have your vehicle lights on," the post says.