A snow avalanche was released from the Tvísteinahlíð mountain by the health care centre at Engihlíð in Ólafsvík on 19 March 2012. The fracture
line of the avalanche was near the top of the slope and extended from the gully to the west of the hillside and into supporting structures that have been installed as protection measures to reduce avalanche danger in the settlement
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