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Jökulhlaups are the most significant type of flood in Iceland. [2] They occur when water is rapidly released from beneath glaciers, often triggered by volcanic activity or geothermal heating. The 2015 Vatnajökull event is an example of this type of flood, which produced peak discharges of 900,000 cubic meters per second. [3]
The Big Mac was sold out on 29 October 2009. [5] The last McDonald's branch was closed on 30 October 2009. [6] By the time of the closure, one burger cost 230 krona (US$1.87). [5] The last order for a McDonald's burger and french fries was sold to an individual who offered to donate these foods to National Museum of Iceland.
A glacial flood in southern Iceland inundated a ring road on Saturday, causing a section at one end of the nearby bridge to give way and tear apart, the country's meteorological office said in a ...
This weekend, the global restaurant's three franchises, all located in Reykjavik, will close their doors, as the country's weak economy has made Big Mac's McDonald's says goodbye to Iceland, land ...
Fresh snow and ice warnings have been issued as freezing weather is continuing to cause travel chaos, school closures and multiple major incidents to be declared due to widespread flooding that ...
Luckily, the road had been closed before the flood so that nobody was injured. The volume of melt water produced by this eruption was around 4 km 3 (0.96 cu mi). [ 23 ] Over the sandur streamed up to 50–60,000 m 3 /s (1,800–2,118,900 cu ft/s). [ 6 ]
Glacial flooding was anticipated, which normally occurs within 10–12 hours after eruption, [9] but it never occurred as a flood had occurred the previous autumn, meaning a smaller chance of another flood appearing. [10] On 25 May, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) confirmed the eruption had paused at 02:40 UTC. [11]
NORTH OF SYLINGARFELL, Iceland (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, spraying streams of lava up to 80 metres (260 feet) into the air ...