Nature.is articles: Viðvörun vegna vatnavár!

Heavy rainfall is forecast for west, south-west, south, and south-east Iceland on Saturday (29 November), lasting until the early hours of Monday morning. In these regions, the heaviest rainfall is expected around mountains and ice caps, where cumulative rainfall amounts could exceed 100 mm over 24 hours (see map). Rising stream and river levels are expected on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, around the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull ice caps, and south of the Vatnajökull ice cap. Travellers are cautioned against fording rivers in these regions.

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Nov. 28, 2014

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Almannavarnadeild Ríkislögreglustjóra

Tilvitnun:

Almannavarnadeild Ríkislögreglustjóra „Viðvörun vegna vatnavár!“, Náttúran.is: Nov. 28, 2014 URL: http://www.nature.is/d/2014/11/28/vidvorun-vegna-vatnavar/ [Skoðað:Sept. 13, 2024]

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