According to measurements, the western branch of the Skeidara river in south Iceland seems to have stopped flowing in its usual channel at 2 am on Monday and switched over to the Gígjukvísl river channel.
The Iceland Review reports that this change of direction should not cause any problems at the moment but could potentially create floods in the future depending on the glacial feed. This river has caused major flooding in the past.
A colleague in Iceland reported over the weekend "when we were driving across the plain - the one river seemed strangely empty, and the other bursting".
This area can be visited on our longer school trips to Iceland, and you can witness how the last big jokulhlaup affected this area.
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