While her family have managed to find temporary accommodation, many from the town are struggling amid housing shortages, and some are angry that they are still not allowed to stay in their homes overnight. She added: “Life in Iceland, it’s a lot of questions mostly.

Sólný Pálsdóttir, who lives in Grindavík, is spending Christmas with her family in their summer cottage and does not expect to return permanently to her home – which is on a 50cm slant as a result of the earthquakes – for at least three months. “According to this plan, we also have time to finish after the day and clean and prepare for opening in the morning.”īefore the opening, employees underwent a large-scale safety drill to practise evacuating the area as fast as possible, she told the publication.

“The sources we receive are based on the time that other operations and residents in Grindavík go to,” she told Iceland Monitor. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For more information see our Privacy Policy.

Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. The resort’s hotels and one of its restaurants would, however, remain closed until Thursday when it planned to reassess the situation. “The rate of deformation has decreased somewhat in recent days but more data is needed to interpret the possible development of the activity.”īlue Lagoon management said the decision to reopen on Sunday – despite persistent seismic activity and a police alert remaining at “danger level” – was made in “close collaboration with the authorities”. “It is too early to say if magma accumulation at Svartsengi has stopped and the inflation is over,” the Met Office said at the weekend. In the early hours of Monday morning, it reported about 230 earthquakes near Grindavík. The Icelandic Met Office has said though the rate of deformation has decreased in recent days in nearby Svartsengi, more data is needed. One person who lives in Grindavík was recently reportedly threatened with arrest after breaking the rules to stay at home with his wife for several nights. They are waiting for an update this week to find out whether the evacuation rules will be lifted in time for Christmas. In the days that followed, all 3,800 people living in the nearby town of Grindavík were evacuated from their homes – leaving many homeless and in limbo.Īlthough people have been allowed to return to their homes between 7am and 9pm each day, and some businesses have reopened, they still cannot stay overnight or walk around the town.

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