and March 2014. The maximum discharge of the flood is therefore expected to be less than
700 cubic metres per second, occurring towards the middle of the week.
Potentially hazardous levels of hydrogen sulphide gas could be present at the location where floodwater bursts from Skeiðarárjökull. In the immediate vicinity of the outlet, gas concentrations could be high enough to cause respiratory problems
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