Coastal fishing began today, and many boats left the pier early this morning. There are now 825 boats at sea around Iceland under remote surveillance by the Icelandic Coast Guard’s command center, Ásgeir Erlendsson, the information officer of the agency, revealed.
In her speech on the occasion of International Labor Day, chairwoman of Efling Union, Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir, called on the Icelandic government to condemn the Israeli government. She did not mince words and said that the Icelandic government is suffering from a deep sense of submission when it comes to the situation in the Gaza Strip.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has updated the risk assessment due to the seismic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The risk due to lava flow has been considered to have increased, while the risk due to volcanic ash is considered to have decreased.