Yellow alert! Strongest earthquakes around Katla volcano in a series of tremors
The Icelandic Met Office has raised the level of warning from green to yellow because of the recent earthquakes around volcano Katla. Green means that...
Old giant Katla Volcano might be stirring, indicated by recent tremors
The Icelandic Meteorology Office (IMO) has raised an alarm after one of the islands largest volcano had the biggest tremors surrounding it since 1977 ...
Internet crimes in Iceland – New report
Increasingly the Network and Information Security department of Iceland’s Post and Telecom Administration is warding of information hijacks and extort...
Women talk, men talk – Rape culture in Iceland
There have been loud voices in Icelandic society of late, calling for a change in the rhetoric regarding sexual harassment, abuse and rape. Women in m...
Group stuck on Ice Floe
Incredibly just under fifty tourists got stuck on an ice floe on the Glacier Lagoon Jökulsárlón, just after reports about possible danger stemming fro...
Tourists on Thin Ice Again
Dozens of tourists, among them children, ventured out on the ice of the glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón again today.
Reynisfjara Beach Claims Another Life
A wave on Reynisfjara Beach seized another life yesterday. The man, a vacationer from China, was standing by the trap rock on the shore when he lost h...
Avalanche Risk and Storm Still Going Strong
UPDATE: An avalanche did fall on the village of Patreksfjörður, brushing by the evacuated homes, 40 meters west of the evacuated area. No one was harm...