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The injured man was in a group of six skiers.

Injured skier rescued in Mt Hólsfjall

14 Mar 2024 Rescue teams at Tröllaskagi were called out going on 2 o’clock today after a skier fell and injured his foot.

Ragnheiður Auður Mýrdal got the love of the outdoors and traveling from her mother.

"My love of traveling and the outdoors comes from my mother"

10 Mar 2024 Ragn­hildur­ Auður­ Mýr­dal­ is a 22-year-old­ law student ­of­ the University of Iceland and she likes nothing better than to travel.­ She­ loves adventure and has traveled a lot both in Iceland and in other countries. She loves traveling in nature and the Icelandic Highlands are one of her favorites.

Wind forecast around midnight tonight.

Yellow alert from noon tomorrow

21 Feb 2024 A yellow alert will take effect tomorrow at noon in the Westfjords, Strandir, and the North West.

Travelers at Keflavík Airport got a good view of the eruption yesterday morning.

International flights on schedule

9 Feb 2024 Gudjón Helgason, the information officer for Isavia, says that all international flights were on schedule this morning.

A lot of people headed for the skislopes today with great weather for skiing.

The slopes are attractive in good weather

4 Feb 2024 “There are quite a few people in the mountain today, at least 2,000 people, but I don’t know if it will increase to 3000,” Magnús Árnason, the manager of the ski areas, told mbl.is.

Cool arctic air over the country

4 Feb 2024 Cool Arctic air can be felt around the country and warmer air is widely absent today according to a report by a meteorologist on the website of the Icelandic Met Office.

Water has accumulated in various places in the capital.

Yellow warning in the capital area at 11 am

2 Feb 2024 Hjalti Jóhannes Guðmundsson, the Director of Operations and Care of the capital area says he doesn’t know that the night’s rain caused any runoff problems, but the city’s road crews went out at 4 am to check the conditions on drains and see if the water had not been easily accessible.

Yellow alert  for weather: Reykjavik - Capital Region, South Iceland, Faxaflói - Southwest Iceland and Southeast Iceland.

Yellow warning tonight: Temperature rising with melting snow and ice

1 Feb 2024 "We have warnings for melting snow and subsequently increased water and possibly slippery roads here in the south and west of the country and in the Southeast this evening."

Keflavík Airport is almost empty now because all flights have been delayed due to the weather.

No flights for the next few hours

31 Jan 2024 There will be no air traffic at Keflavík Airport for the next few hours due to the weather. On the Isavia website you can see that the first scheduled arrival is at 17.55 and the first scheduled departure is at 19.35.

Súðavík mountain is 600 m high and very steep and Thoroddsen says it is impossible to set up adequate protection for avalanches.

"It is not realistic to protect this hill"

31 Jan 2024 About fifteen to twenty people stayed at a rescue center in the sports building in Súðavík last night because of an avalanche that fell from Súðavík mountain last night.

Low visibility and bad driving conditions

30 Jan 2024 Winter driving conditions are widespread across the country and visibility is severely impaired, especially on mountain roads.

People are asked to be careful when driving today because of heavy snow and slippery patches under the snow cover.

Very bad driving conditions today

29 Jan 2024 There are slippery patches on most main roads in the capital area and it can be slippery on roads in residential areas. There is reason to urge people to be careful during morning traffic. Difficult driving conditions are on many roads outside the city but snow removal is underway according to the website of the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration, umferð.is.

It looks like it might continue to be quite difficult to get around, with snow possibly reaching 20 cm next week.

Snow could reach 20 cm next week

27 Jan 2024 The accumulated snow in Reykjavík could reach up to twenty centimeters in height in the coming week, according to a meteorologist at the Icelandic Met Office.

City worker emptying trashcans in the Hlíðar district in Reykjavík this morning. Visibility started getting worse around 9 this morning.

Reykjanesbraut has been opened again

26 Jan 2024 Reykjanesbraut is closed in both directions. This is stated in an announcement from the police in Suðurnes.

A traffic jam at Miklabraut in Reykjavík today.

“30 collisions waiting for us all over the city”

25 Jan 2024 “There are 30 collisions waiting for us all over the city. I’ve called out all my people,” Kristján Kristjánsson says, but he is the CEO of the company Árekstur.is that assists people that have a collision in traffic.

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