Houses Evacuated in Seyðisfjörður Vala Hafstað
As forecast, there was considerable rain overnight in the town – up to 45 mm, according to the Icelandic Met Office.
“We expect the rain to cease by mid-morning,” states Tómas Jóhannesson, avalanche specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, “and the evacuation order will be reassessed in the afternoon.”
The evacuation was ordered as a precautionaly measure, since the stability of the slopes of Botnabrún mountain is unknown following the landslide that occurred there in December of last year and destroyed a number of buildings. (See our report from December here.) It is not know how the strata will react to heavy precipitation.
Fatal Shooting Feared to Suggest New Reality The house on Rauðagerði, where the crime was committed. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
If the fatal shooting on Rauðagerði, Reykjavík, Saturday night turns out to be connected to power struggle in the underworld, as
mbl.is’ sources claim, then what we’re seeing is a serious development and a new reality in Icelandic society. This is the view of Chief Superintendent Karl Steinar Valsson, who works in the international department of the national police commissioner,
A man in his 30s – an Albanian citizen – was shot to death outside his home Saturday night. A suspect, a foreign national in his 30s, is in police custody.
Since vaccinations for COVID-19 are underway in Europe and the US, Icelandic businesses and institutions in the tourism industry are preparing advertising campaigns, aimed toward people who have been vaccinated and are planning to travel.