A blizzard system southwest of Iceland is rapidly moving toward the country. Forecasts indicate 24-hour snowfall of 20 to 30 centimeters, though there remains considerable uncertainty about the exact timing of the storm’s arrival.

The Dagrenning Search and Rescue Team from Hvolsvöllur and the Air Rescue Team from Hella were called out yesterday to assist a mother and son who became trapped in their camper van in Landmannalaugar due to impassable conditions.

It was a deeply emotional moment when a Coast Guard helicopter landed in Flateyri yesterday, October 26, 2025 — exactly thirty years after Coast Guard helicopters first arrived in the town following the avalanche from Skollahvilft, which claimed...

On the slopes of Eyrarfjall, a dedicated group of workers is hard at work six days a week building new avalanche defenses to protect the village of Flateyri.

Motorists are being advised to drive carefully this evening and overnight, as driving conditions are expected to worsen due to snow or sleet in the south and west of the country, especially on mountain roads.

The BBC has come under heavy criticism from residents of Grindavík after publishing a story under the headline “Iceland’s ghost town buried by lava.”

Women and non-binary people were encouraged yesterday to stop all paid and unpaid work for the entire day, just as women did 50 years ago, in 1975.

Minister of Tourism Hanna Katrín Friðriksson and Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, agree that Iceland must stop relying on crisis-driven marketing campaigns to promote the country abroad and instead focus on consistent, long-term marketing e...

“This is a tremendous blow. Our standard of living in Iceland is built on producing value and exporting it to foreign markets in the form of goods and services. Norðurál is simply one of the country’s largest export companies, so when a majo...

Nearly five thousand apartments may be underused in Reykjavík, while the number could be just over one thousand in both Akureyri and Kópavogur.

Emphasis will be placed on accelerating preparations for a trade agreement between Greenland and Iceland, and the Prime Minister says there is clear political will to strengthen dialogue and cooperation in trade between the two countries. There is...

Kolbrún Áslaug Baldursdóttir, MP for the People’s Party, brought attention in Parliament today to a conference on violence against the elderly that was held last week. She noted that financial abuse has been on the rise, with older people bei...

At around 04:50 this morning, an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 was measured west of Kleifarvatn, in Móhálsadalur.

Petra Bender is a trained fashion designer from Parsons School of Design in New York. Before that, she studied textile design at Central Saint Martins and graphic design at the Iceland University of the Arts. In recent years she has worked on and ...

It has been almost two and a half years since an earthquake swarm similar to the one yesterday was measured in Mýrdalsjökull glacier. There are no indications that a glacial outburst flood (jökulhlaup) or volcanic eruption is beginning.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office warns that winter conditions can be expected on mountain roads in many parts of the country over the next few days.

Three mosquitoes of the species Culiseta annulata were found in Iceland last week, after Björn Hjaltason of Kiðafell in Kjós noticed them in his garden.

A strong series of earthquakes began around 10:30 a.m. in Mýrdalsjökull.

“In the old days there used to be a small shop, a little store, and a gas station here in Laugarás. It was more of a stopping place then. In recent years, Slakki has been the main stopover, but I think that could increase greatly. The environme...

Several employees at the telecommunications and media company Sýn were laid off yesterday as part of a company-wide restructuring effort.