The wall of the crater has broken with the overflowing lava flowing down to the north. According to Böðvar Sveinsson, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, the situation is closely monitored.

A press conference has been scheduled at 2 pm in Harpa, where the chairmen of the government parties, Bjarni Benediktsson, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, and Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson will speak to journalists, who will most likely present a new government.

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir was a guest of Kristján Kristjánsson on the morning program Sprengisandur at Bylgjan radio. In the program, she was asked about her resignation as Prime Minister and why she decided to leave Parliament.

There is uncertainty about the future of the government due to Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister, leaving the government to run for President.

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has been appointed to remain as Prime Minister for the time being. Her request for her release has, however, been accepted by President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson.

“It started happening like 20 minutes over three, and then the surface of the magma in the crater began to rise,” Elísabet Pálmadóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, tells us, as she looks out into the lava that now flows down the crater’s rim in the volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row.

Inflation seems to have started in Svartsengi, although the end of the eruption at Sund-hnúkagígar is nowhere to be seen. More magma flows into the magma chamber under Svartsengi, than is flowing out of it and the inflow is not decreasing.

The Blue Lagoon will resume operations tomorrow at noon, even though the Chief of Police in Suðurnes has maintained that the current situation could be threatened by lava flow and gas pollution at Svartsengi. This was the conclusion after the meeting between the Blue Lagoon and the police authorities at noon today.

The hiker who was searched at Fimmvörðuháls yesterday has been found dead.

It seems that activity in the smaller crater in the volcanic eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row is fading out and the larger crater is taking over.

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir said she was on her way to the Cabinet building after the government meeting in Skuggasund 3, just now.

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has decided to run for the position of President of Iceland.

The National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, in agreement with the Commissioner of the Police in Suðurnes, has decided to lower the emergency level to the Civil Protection Crisis level due to the volcanic eruption between Hagafell and Stóra Skógfell.

Landsbanki has stopped buying and selling Norwegian krone and will cease buying and selling Swedish or Danish krone from May 3, 2024.

There are still no signs that the eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row is coming to an end. Bene­dikt Gunn­ar Ófeig­sson, the director of de­formation measurements at the Icelandic Met­or­a­cal­ Office, believes it­s likely that the mag­ma is flowing from a depth of 15 km.

Things went better than expected when a man was caught in an avalanche east of Mt Höskuldsvatnshnúkur 10 km from Húsavík yesterday.

The Icelandic Met Office asks outdoor activists in the North-West and Eastfjords who plan to take advantage of the good weather and the new snow in the coming days to be careful. There are many areas where there are warnings of avalanches and there is a high chance that people traveling in steep terrain can start an avalanche.

At least five candidates for the office of President of Iceland have reached the minimum number of votes required to be eligible for election. 62 people are now gathering votes to be eligible for election.

A helicopter from the Icelandic Coast Guard was called out at 13.15 at the request of the police due to an avalanche in Böggvisistaðafjall mountain west of Dalvík.

The State Prosecutor has not yet appealed the ruling in the case of Sindri Snær Birgisson and Ísidór Nathansson. The Prosecutor has a week until the appeal expires.

There has been a good opportunity to observe the process of the eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row in the last few days, as the conditions for satellite observations have been unique.

The British Broadcasting Service has been sharing a highly-resonant composite video of the eruption at the Sund-hnúka crater. What is particularly striking are the northern lights that shine on the sky over the eruption.

Private trainer Gudmundur Emil Jóhannsson, better known as Gummi Emil, has been training to go out into all weathers. He recommends getting some fresh air during the Easter holidays instead of eating too much of Easter eggs.

Icelandic skiers should be able to enjoy their skiing in Hlíðarfjall mountain in Akureyri over Easter, since the weather is looking good, and the mountain will offer all kinds of activities.

The Blue Lagoon is closed over Easter and no decision has been made on when it will open again. Helga Árnadóttir, the company’s director of sales, service, and operations, says that the decision was made in collaboration with authorities.

It looks like a good time for skiers in nearly all of Iceland during Easter. The weather is good today and in the coming days and especially bright and beautiful in the southern part of the country. However, on Saturday and Sunday, it could be more overcast in the northeast and east with possible downpours.

The eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row has not changed much last night, but it has been going on for eleven days, or since March 16.

Björk Guðmunds­dóttir­ is the frontpage of the latest issue of Vogue Scandi­navia, one of the most popular fashion magazines in the world. This is the first time that the Icelandic musician and activist has been the frontpage of the magazine, despite her worldwide recognition and many years in music.

Jón Bjarki Bentsson, chief economist of Íslandsbanki, believes that the rise in house prices in the capital area could explain the 0.2 percentage point rise in inflation since last month.

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir says that we cannot wait for the newly passed UN Security Council resolution to be implemented.

Condolences have been extended to the Russian Embassy in Iceland in the wake of the terrorist attack in Russia on Friday. Ambassador Ivan Glinkin says it is invaluable to feel the support from the Icelandic people.

A series of earthquakes have been observed in Askja this morning. The largest earthquake to date measured 3.5 in magnitude and hit at 10.40 am.

A video of a ten-year-old boy driving a taxi has been widely reported and distributed on social media.

The current gas pollution levels in Hafnir are high due to the eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row, or about 2,200 micrograms per cubic meter.

Two of the main goals of a new non-profit organization are to greatly improve global volcanic eruption predictions and design new and more cost-effective methods for the energy production of geothermal energy. The idea was born when they accidentally drilled into the magma in Krafla in 2009.