Reduced service due to weather

Reduced service due to weather

The National Commissioner of the police has activated an alert level of risk from the department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management tomorrow, Monday the 7th of February due to dangerous weather conditions. The meteorological office has issued a red weather warning in Reykjavík, capital region, South Iceland and Faxaflói due to a severe gale or storm and blizzard conditions. This means people should not be outside unless absolutely necessary.

The red weather warning will be lifted as the weather improves in the morning. However, it is expected that roads will be impassable. It is important that people remain at home while roads are being cleared, as road clearing is consuming. People should follow and await information regarding road conditions.

Schools

Regular school and after school programs will be cancelled although kindergartens and elementary schools will open with minimal staffing for people who necessarily need day-care for their children – meaning people that tend to emergency services, police officers, fire fighters and rescue team members participating in search and rescue.

Swimming pools

Swimming pools will be closed in the morning. Information on whether and when it will open tomorrow will be published in the morning, Monday 7 February.

Cultural houses

Kópavogur Library, Kópavogur Natural History Museum, Gerðarsafn and other cultural centers open at 12.00 at noon instead of the usual opening hours.

Welfare services

Some reductions in welfare services can be expected tomorrow.

Home care may not be able to start until noon and in some cases it will be canceled.

Workplaces for the disabled will be closed until noon, and day training in Roðasölar will be closed until noon.

Transport for disabled will be closed until noon.

In the homes of disabled people, shifts may be later than usual, managers inform staff about this. In some cases, there will be extra staff tonight to meet tomorrow's shift.

Kópavogur town offices

Town Offices af Kópavogur, both at Digranesvegur 1 and Fannborg 6, opens at 12 tomorrow. Service through telephone starts at 08.00 as usual.