26 Nov 2023The majority of the dike at Svartsengi has hardened. The likelihood of a volcanic eruption is decreasing and the land rising at Svartsengi has slowed down. Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, says this to mbl.is.
23 Nov 2023Birna Sverrisdóttir was busy trying to get her granddaughter’s vehicle out of the danger zone in Grindavík when mbl.is’ journalist and photographer visited the town today. She was returning home for the second time since the town was evacuated on Friday night, November 10. She intends to return to Grindavík when the danger is over.
21 Nov 2023“Work on the defense walls was basically stopped last night. It’s a bit affected by the weather, but the Met Office issued a statement that it couldn’t monitor the area safely with air quality meters, so we took the decision to stop last night and we’re going to stop today as well. We’ll then re-evaluate the situation later today, before the night shift starts. So this is the situation at the moment.”
21 Nov 2023The Icelandic Met Office has updated the hazard assessment map for the area around Grindavík and Svartsengi. The new map expands the hazard area from the previous map.
19 Nov 2023The six year old Hlynur Breki Steinarsson moved to Grindavík with his family in November last year. When the family started their new life in Grindavík, they didn’t realise that shortly afterwards they would have to leave their new home due to powerful earthquakes.
16 Nov 2023With every day, the chances of a volcanic eruption in the Sundhnúka crater row decrease and the likelihood of an eruption in Eldvörp increase. It is not a question of whether there will be a volcanic eruption in the coming days and weeks, but rather, where.
15 Nov 2023“The golf course looks incredible considering the conditions and what’s happened in the last few days. I thought it would be much worse,” says Helgi Dan Steinsson, CEO of the Grindavík Golf Club, who had just returned from a field trip around the golf course in Grindavík when mbl.is contacted him.
10 Nov 2023Products fell from shelves in the largest earthquakes today in Nettó in Grindavík. The decision was made to evacuate the store and close it shortly before the usual closing time.
9 Nov 2023Þorvaldur Þórðarson, professor of volcanology and rock science at the University of Iceland, says that building a defensive wall around Svartsengi is not something that should wait.
3 Nov 2023“I’m scared that we’re coming close to an eruption,” says Þorvaldur Þórðarson, a professor of volcanology and rock science, when asked for his opinion on the morning’s earthquake on the Reykjanes peninsula.
3 Nov 2023Egill Sigmundsson, the division manager of electricity at HS Veitur, encourages the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management to take further measures to prevent the danger that might arise for the people of Grindavík and the vicinity in the event of a volcanic eruption that would impact or close down the construction of the Svartsengi power plant.
1 Nov 2023Baldur Haukur Júlíusson, director of the service for guides at Kynnisferðir, says that the attendance rate for northern lights tours has been very good lately. “We have had great weather recently and the weather continues to be good for northern lights tours. Everyone is happy,” he says.
26 Oct 2023The largest energy companies in the country are now conducting a joint cybersecurity exercise. The participants are also representatives of the government, the Energy Authority, CERT-IS and civil defense. The exercise will be attended by KraftCERT, a consultancy company that works for the energy sector in Norway and has been instrumental in building better cybersecurity in Iceland in the last few years.
25 Oct 2023Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir says that the women’s strike and yesterday’s protests are an encouragement to the government to do better in gender equality. There is still an opportunity to achieve full equality by 2030.
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