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Storm Knútsbylur. Damaged weather 1886. Collected by Halldór Pálsson.
"The severe weather on January 7, 1886 was named after the day's calendar name and was called Knútsbylur. The weather mostly affected Múlasýslur and Austur-Skaftafellsýslur. It hit early in the day between mid-morning and noon as quickly as a bolt of lightning. In most places, livestock had been driven out to pasture, but a few people were so weather-savvy or had such a fear of the weather that they did not drive livestock from their homes. Nowhere did livestock that had been let out that day find their way back into their homes. The next day was a complete disaster, with frostbite. The majority of the livestock were then driven away and pulled from their pens, but more and less died in most places. In some places, livestock were driven into lakes and the sea. Thus, most of the sheep in Hrafnsgerði were driven into Lagarfljót, and in the Fjörður, in some places, livestock were driven into the sea by the weather.
"There was a lot of damage and a lot of other damage in this weather. Six people were killed, three in Fljótsdalshérað, two in Reyðarfjörður and one in Breiðdalur. A boat sank from Nes in Norðfjörður with 4 men and another in Reyðarfjörður with 5 Norwegian men. Three boats ran aground in Seyðisfjörður and two of them were badly damaged. Roofs were torn off houses in many places and many more suffered minor damage. There was a lot of damage to sheep in Knútsbyl in East Skaftafellssýsla. On three farms all the sheep were washed into the sea and horses in some places. The church at Kálfafellstaður was blown off and roofs were blown off houses in many places."
"The severe weather on January 7, 1886 was named after the day's calendar name and was called Knútsbylur. The weather mostly affected Múlasýslur and Austur-Skaftafellsýslur. It hit early in the day between mid-morning and noon as quickly as a bolt of lightning. In most places, livestock had been driven out to pasture, but a few people were so weather-savvy or had such a fear of the weather that they did not drive livestock from their homes. Nowhere did livestock that had been let out that day find their way back into their homes. The next day was a complete disaster, with frostbite. The majority of the livestock were then driven away and pulled from their pens, but more and less died in most places. In some places, livestock were driven into lakes and the sea. Thus, most of the sheep in Hrafnsgerði were driven into Lagarfljót, and in the Fjörður, in some places, livestock were driven into the sea by the weather.
"There was a lot of damage and a lot of other damage in this weather. Six people were killed, three in Fljótsdalshérað, two in Reyðarfjörður and one in Breiðdalur. A boat sank from Nes in Norðfjörður with 4 men and another in Reyðarfjörður with 5 Norwegian men. Three boats ran aground in Seyðisfjörður and two of them were badly damaged. Roofs were torn off houses in many places and many more suffered minor damage. There was a lot of damage to sheep in Knútsbyl in East Skaftafellssýsla. On three farms all the sheep were washed into the sea and horses in some places. The church at Kálfafellstaður was blown off and roofs were blown off houses in many places."