Pollution warning in Skagafjörður
This is the first time that Sauðárkrókur, the largest town in Skagafjörður, has felt the effects of the pollution from the eruption in Holuhraun. photo/Sigurður Bogi
Inhabitants of Skagafjörður, north Iceland have been advised to stay indoors, shut windows and turn up their central heating today. The level of SO2 is rising in the area and is now measured at 1,7 ppm which means 5,100 microgrammes per cubic metre.
Children in Sauðárkrókur, the largest town in the area can go to school but will not be allowed to go out into the playground or to swimming classes. Text messages were sent to mobile phones to ask parents to drive their children to school. This is the first time that Sauðárkrókur has felt the effects of the pollution from the eruption in Holuhraun. A thick cloud of pollution also lies across Akureyri, north Iceland, today.
