According to recent pictures and from R\u00fav News it appears that both Skaft\u00e1rkatlar cauldrons are full of water at the moment. They might burst at any moment and create glacier flood, the right cauldron has not flooded for the past three years according to R\u00fav News, while the left cauldron flooded last year. When they might flood is impossible to know, but it is expected to happen in next days to weeks.<\/p>\n
Update 1:<\/strong> Icelandic Meteorological Office has now declared that Skaft\u00e1rhlaup glacier flood is going to happen soon. A glacier flood can start at any time without warning. The risk comes from gases in the water, along with the floodwater it self as it can reach up to 1500 m3 at peaks levels. There is also a risk the flood might go into new rivers and those rivers has bridges that might not be able withstand such glacier flood.<\/p>\n Details in R\u00fav News<\/strong><\/p>\n Miki\u00f0 vatn \u00ed eystri Skaft\u00e1rkatli<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, pictures) Skaft\u00e1rhlaup vofir yfir og skapar h\u00e6ttu<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, Icelandic)<\/p>\n Information in Icelandic from Icelandic Meteorological Office<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nVideo<\/a> of the Skaft\u00e1rkatlar cauldrons in Vatnaj\u00f6kull glacier.<\/p>\n