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The latest news on Spain from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: First chikungunya outbreak in Spain as three tourists on the Costa Blanca are infected

News TeamJune 18, 2019

THE first chikungunya outbreak has been recorded in Spain as three tourists on the Costa Blanca were confirmed infected. The infection was confirmed from Reykja...

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The latest news on Iceland from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Tourists flee wave from glacier collapse in Iceland

News TeamApril 3, 2019

A large wave caused by a glacier calving - the natural process where a large section of ice breaks away - has been caught on camera at the Breiðamerkurjökull gl...

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Quick Read: Iceland’s budget carrier WOW Air collapses, cancels all flights

News TeamMarch 28, 2019

The airline transports more than a third of all people travelling to the country.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3003700/thousands-passengers-face-being-stranded-after-icelands-trouble...

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Quick Read: Passengers on UK flight to Iceland warned of possible measles outbreak on board

News TeamFebruary 21, 2019

Passengers on a UK flight to Iceland have been warned they could have been exposed to a measles outbreak on the aircraft. Icelandair flight F1455 travelled from...

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Quick Read: Route no.1 closed and all domestic flights cancelled in Iceland due to weather

News TeamFebruary 6, 2019

The route no.1 between Hvolsvöllur in the South and Vík has been closed due to the storm and won't reopen until midnight. All internal flights are down. The roa...

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Quick Read: Icelandic police say tourists keep crashing because they’re distracted by the Northern Lights

News TeamJanuary 15, 2019

Police in Iceland said that tourists are crashing their cars on the country's windy roads because they're distracted by the northern lights.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.thisisinsider.com/iceland-police-say-tourists-c...

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Quick Read: British tourists killed after Land Cruiser plunges off Núpsvötn bridge in Iceland

News TeamDecember 27, 2018

Three British tourists, including a child, have died when a 4x4 plunged into a riverside while crossing a bridge in Iceland. Police confirmed four other Britons...

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The latest volcano news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Terrawatch: Katla volcano may erupt – but not just yet

News TeamNovember 7, 2018

No, Katla is not about to blow her top, and no, this Icelandic volcano is not about to shut down European airspace; although you would be forgiven for thinking ...

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Quick Read: Katla volcano eruption: Scientists warn huge Iceland volcano is about to erupt, could dwarf 2010 ash cloud

News TeamSeptember 25, 2018

Scientists have warned that a huge volcano in Iceland is about to erupt, dwarfing the explosion that disrupted air travel across the world eight years ago.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/kat...

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Quick Read: Visitors at Gullfoss waterfall ignore warnings, putting their life at risk for the “perfect photo”

News TeamSeptember 21, 2018

It is a miracle nobody has been seriously injured or killed in an accident at Gullfoss waterfall, according to the Chief of Police in South Iceland.... Read th...

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Quick Read: Fatal accident in slopes of Mt. Kirkjufell: Foreign traveler fell to his death in sheer cliffs

News TeamSeptember 21, 2018

A foreign hiker fell to his death in Mt. Kirkjufell earlier today. The man was hiking with at least one other hiker when the accident happened. The nationality ...

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Quick Read: Foreign hiker found safe on Landmannalaugar trail early morning after massive search

News TeamAugust 28, 2018

Several ICE-SAR units from South, West and Southwest Iceland participated in a massive search and rescue operation in the Central Highlands early morning after a foreign hiker sent a distress call from Landmannalaugar trail, one of the most popular a...

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Quick Read: Öræfajökull: Seismic unrest above average

News TeamJuly 17, 2018

A geologist at the Iceland Met OFfice explains that the current unrest in Öræfajökull volcano could continue for days, weeks, months and even years. Yesterday t...

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Quick Read: Öræfajökull eruption could paralyse all air traffic in Europe

News TeamJune 8, 2018

If a major eruption were to occur in Öræfajökull, this could paralyse all air traffic across Europe for days on end, according to a research group at the Univer...

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Quick Read: Illegal entry fees again imposed at Hraunfossar: Visitors “robbed in broad daylight”

News TeamMay 17, 2018

Investors who have rented part of the land overlooking Hraunfossar waterfalls, one of the most picturesque waterfalls in Iceland, have resumed the collection of illegal fees at the parking lot for the waterfalls.... Read full article at the publisher...

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Quick Read: Tourists looking at Northern Lights create danger by parking on side of road

News TeamMarch 30, 2018

Tourists hunting for Northern Lights caused danger last weekend at the road to Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula by parking their vehicles on the side of the...

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The latest news on air travel from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: WOW-air plane in quarantine due to ant infestation

News TeamMarch 30, 2018

A plane from the Icelandic WOW-air company flying from Iceland to Montreal in Canada was quarantined at the airport for several hours yesterday when a great num...

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Quick Read: Avalanche alert in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland

News TeamMarch 16, 2018

An avalanche alert was put up last night in the town of Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland. There's a level of incertitude in all of East Iceland. Rain is causing snowmelt and floods have occurred, for example from the mountain Strandartindur which flood...

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The latest news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Six hundred bitcoin mining computers stolen in Iceland

News TeamMarch 5, 2018

Some 600 bitcoin mining computers have been stolen in Iceland, in what is being described as one of the biggest thefts ever in the small island nation. A total...

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Quick Read: Driver seriously injured after trying to help in winter storm

News TeamFebruary 7, 2018

A man trying to help out another car by towing it in a blinding storm on Hellisheiði in South Iceland was seriously injured when a third car crashed into the se...

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Quick Read: Awful weather in most parts of Iceland – and more to come

News TeamFebruary 3, 2018

A storm rages in many parts of the country with heavy rain or snow and many roads are closed. The weather should improve at noon but will worsen again in the late afternoon.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://icelandmonitor.mbl....

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Quick Read: Tourists disregard warning signs at Gullfoss waterfall

News TeamFebruary 1, 2018

Tourists disregarded warning signs at Gullfoss waterfall last week and climbed over a gate that blocks the lower walking path to the waterfall. South Iceland po...

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Quick Read: First chikungunya outbreak in Spain as three tourists on the Costa Blanca are infected

Quick Read: Tourists flee wave from glacier collapse in Iceland

Quick Read: Iceland’s budget carrier WOW Air collapses, cancels all flights

Quick Read: Passengers on UK flight to Iceland warned of possible measles outbreak on board

Quick Read: Route no.1 closed and all domestic flights cancelled in Iceland due to weather

Quick Read: Icelandic police say tourists keep crashing because they’re distracted by the Northern Lights

Quick Read: British tourists killed after Land Cruiser plunges off Núpsvötn bridge in Iceland

Quick Read: Terrawatch: Katla volcano may erupt – but not just yet

Quick Read: Katla volcano eruption: Scientists warn huge Iceland volcano is about to erupt, could dwarf 2010 ash cloud

Quick Read: Visitors at Gullfoss waterfall ignore warnings, putting their life at risk for the “perfect photo”

Quick Read: Fatal accident in slopes of Mt. Kirkjufell: Foreign traveler fell to his death in sheer cliffs

Quick Read: Foreign hiker found safe on Landmannalaugar trail early morning after massive search

Quick Read: Öræfajökull: Seismic unrest above average

Quick Read: Öræfajökull eruption could paralyse all air traffic in Europe

Quick Read: Illegal entry fees again imposed at Hraunfossar: Visitors “robbed in broad daylight”

Quick Read: Tourists looking at Northern Lights create danger by parking on side of road

Quick Read: WOW-air plane in quarantine due to ant infestation

Quick Read: Avalanche alert in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland

Quick Read: Six hundred bitcoin mining computers stolen in Iceland

Quick Read: Driver seriously injured after trying to help in winter storm

Quick Read: Awful weather in most parts of Iceland – and more to come

Quick Read: Tourists disregard warning signs at Gullfoss waterfall

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