11 Aug 2020On Saturday, a photographer on Reynisfjara beach, South Iceland, made a narrow escape from a huge wave that hit the spot where he was standing.
13 Mar 2017 A group of foreign tourists in Iceland were in grave danger today when some of them ran after a huge wave at the famous Djúpalónssandur pebble beach in Snæfellsnes. A wave caught the people and carried them far into the beach.
24 Jan 2017A much coveted plot of land in Vík, Mýrdalur, South Iceland was alotted to Vilhjálmur Sigurðsson who plans on building a 60-100 room hotel there. Construction is set to begin this spring. Vík is located near the famous Reynisfjara beach.
13 Jan 2017A tourist died in the dangerous waves at Kirkjufjara, which forms part of Reynisfjara beach last Monday. Even so, just days later, tourists are not reading the warning signs at the beach and when our reporter visited the beach yesterday, many of them were actually playing in the waves, laughing, totally oblivious to the danger.
12 Jan 2017Tour guides and security experts think there is a great need to improve security at Reynisfjara and Kirkjufjara beaches in South Iceland. A tourist died there on Monday, the third such death over the space of a few years.
9 Jan 2017The woman who fell into the ocean at Kirkjufjara, a part of the Reynisfjara beach close to Dyrhólaey died in today's tragedy according to a statement from the South Iceland police department.
9 Jan 2017An update on our previous story: the woman who was rescued from the ocean earlier is a German tourist who fell into the ocean along with her husband and teenage children. The woman's condition has not been disclosed but the rest of the family is unharmed.
9 Jan 2017Rescue teams in South Iceland are trying to rescue a woman in her forties who has fallen into the ocean at Dyrhólaey near the infamous Reynisfjara beach. Conditions are very difficult with large waves according to rescue team spokespeople.
