Search & rescue teams in East Iceland have been searching for four people lost in bad weather on Fljótsdalsheiði. Nobody had heard from the group since Saturday morning; but they were eventually found safe last night. Read the full story

The search for a Swedish tourist lost on an Icelandic glacier had a sad end this weekend when his body was found in a crevasse in the ice. Read the full story

The Icelandic search & rescue organisation ICE-SAR (known domestically as Landsbjorg) sold over 60,000 plastic figures in its annual Neydarkall appeal at the weekend, raising ISK 90 million (EUR 568,000). Read the full story

A German tourist exploring the Icelandic countryside near the Vatnajokull glacier got lost and called for help on his mobile phone. After an extensive search, he was found safe. Read the full story

It has not yet been decided when the official search and rescue effort in Haiti will end, but the head of the USA team said yesterday that unofficially it already has. Two siblings were, however, found alive yesterday in the rubble of Port au Prince. Read the full story

A charity concert will take place this evening at Reykjavik’s Nasa nightclub with performances from many of Iceland’s biggest music stars, both new and old. Reykjavik City Council has also pledged money to support Haiti. News of today’s massive aftershock, measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale, has only heightened the need for such fundraising. Read the full story

“A producer called me asking for video footage of our search and rescue team,” says Olof Snaeholm Baldursdottir, the ICE SAR information officer. Read the full story