torrents, which have developed on steep slopes
close to settled areas, including a damaging flash flood in the coastal
town of Siglufjörður in
August 2015. There are also numerous examples of river floods due to prolonged, intense
precipitation. For example, in September 2017, widespread flooding due to precipitation
occurred in southeast Iceland; the floods caused damage to roads, culverts
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