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Establishment of avalanche warning services in Iceland.

Establishment of avalanche warning services in Iceland. Auður Elva Kjartansdóttir Geographer, Avalanche section, Weather Department Icelandic Meteorological Office e-mail: audur@vedur.is Phone: +354 893 2200. Death due to natural hazards in Iceland 1901 to 2000 (Tómas Jóhannesson, 2001).

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Establishment of avalanche warning services in Iceland.

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  1. Establishment of avalanche warning services in Iceland. Auður Elva Kjartansdóttir Geographer, Avalanche section, Weather Department Icelandic Meteorological Office e-mail: audur@vedur.is Phone: +354 893 2200

  2. Death due to natural hazards in Iceland 1901 to 2000 (Tómas Jóhannesson, 2001)

  3. Places where avalanche accidents have occurred (Helgi Björnsson 1980)

  4. Deaths due to avalanches in villages 1801-2000

  5. Deaths due to avalanches in villages in recent years

  6. Primary villages that have avalanche danger.

  7. Neskaupstaður 20. Dec. 1974. Hjörleifur Guttormsson

  8. Neskaupstaður 20. Dec. 1974, Mánahúsið Hjörleifur Guttormsson

  9. Patreksfjörður January 1983

  10. Weather, 15th of January 1995

  11. Súðavík 16. January 1995

  12. Flateyri 26. október 1995

  13. tolarated risk for villages.

  14. Photo: Oddur Sigurðsson

  15. Grid of Snow observers

  16. Snow observers web site

  17. The Avalanche danger table used in the Weather Office of Iceland.

  18. Deaths due to avalanches outside villages1801-2000

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