Accidents and damage

On avalanches

Reports and papers about accidents and economical damage due to snow avalanches and landslides and other natural catastrophies in Iceland:

• Slys og tjón af völdum snjóflóða og skriðufalla (Sveitarstjórnarmál, 61, 6, 474−482, 2001, authors T. Jóhannesson and Th. Arnalds) (pdf 1.2 Mb)
• Náttúruhamfarir á Íslandi (In: Orkuþing 2001. Orkumenning á Íslandi. Grunnur til stefnumótunar, María J. Gunnarsdóttir, ed., 238−246, Reykjavík, Samorka, 2001, author T. Jóhannesson) (pdf 0.5 Mb)
• Accidents and economic damage due to snow avalanches and landslides in Iceland (Jökull, 50, 81−90, 2001, authors T. Jóhannesson and Th. Arnalds) (pdf 2.0 Mb)

A map on a selected front page shows recent observations of avalanches. For user access to avalanche and landslide data, an avalanche map viewer is available.