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Natural hazards

Natural disasters can occur with short notice and in some cases without warning. Natural disasters caused by weather can usually be predicted with a few days notice. To be able to respond as best as possible, we all need to prepare for our response.

 Emergency phoneline is 112.

Safe travel

Eruptions and fires

Combustion material – ash fall, gas pollution and distribution

Earthquakes

Avalanche

Glacier run

Floods in rivers and lakes

Aurskriður

Famine, cold and tidal floods

Sea accidents