:10Shortly after midday today,
6 September, the discharge of Skaftá at Sveinstindur began to increase rapidly. At 14:00, the discharge was 610 m3 / s and rising swiftly. The course of events is in line with earlier estimations. There is still some time until the flood will peak at Sveinstindur. A similar flood in 2018 peaked at 2000 m3 / s, but that value does not take into account floodwater
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