3 mánaða gömul. 21.12.2020 - 13:53 Mynd: Skjáskot / RÚV Residents of Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland have been returning home this weekend, and it will become clear today whether people from the part of the town that was first evacuated will also be allowed to return home now that the intense rain that caused devastating mudslides in the town, destroying or damaging a dozen houses and completely changing the appearance of the town and the fjord, has passed. 305 people were allowed home at the weekend, while 276 were still waiting to hear more this morning. In a few days, Seyðisfjörður experienced the same amount of rain as Reykjavík expects in an average eight-and-a-half months. The town was drenched by 733 millimetres of rain in ten days; the large majority of which came over a five day period. Reykjavík receives an average of 860 millimetres of rain per year, by comparison.