Mountaineers John Snorri Sigurjónsson, from Iceland, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, from Pakistan, and Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto, from Chile, who have been missing on K2 since February 5, are believed to have died on the mountain.
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.