1995 Flateyri avalanche

The 1995 Flateyri avalanche was an avalanche that struck the village of Flateyri in Iceland’s Westfjords on 26 October 1995, killing 20 people.[1] It came 8 months after an avalanche in Súðavík killed 14 people. The disasters had a profound effect on the nation and sparked a massive buildup of avalanche dams to protect towns in danger zones.[2][3][4]

1995 Flateyri avalanche
Date26 October 1995
LocationFlateyri, Iceland
CauseAvalanche
Deaths20

The avalanche fell from Skollahvilft [ˈskɔtlaˌkʰvɪl̥t] at around 4:00 AM, and destroyed 17 houses.[5] 45 people were in the houses hit by the avalanche, 21 managed to escape on their own and four were later rescued alive.[6]

References
  1. Jón Trausti Reynisson (24 January 2020). "Fjallið, snjórinn og við". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. Sigurður Bogi Sævarsson (22 October 2015). "Uppbyggingin fylgdi áffallinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. "Tíminn læknar ekki öll sár". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 15 January 2005. p. 26. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. Halla Ólafsdóttir (26 November 2017). "Áratuga verkefni að snjóflóðaverja byggð". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. Halla Ólafsdóttir (26 October 2015). "Íbúar í fastasvefni þegar snjóflóðið féll". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  6. Valgeir Örn Ragnarsson (26 October 2015). "Grafin í snjóflóðinu í níu klukkutíma". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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