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8 January 2026 / Vísir / Sólrún Dögg Jósefsdóttir
Event

Two hundred people rescued from Route 1

Öræfi, Suðurland, Iceland

During a severe windstorm on Iceland’s Ring Road (Route 1) between Jökulsárlón and Skaftafell, search-and-rescue teams assisted and sheltered roughly 200 stranded travelers. Many vehicles were left on the road, and people were moved via an emergency shelter at Hof in Öræfi to overnight lodging at Hnappavellir.


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