Funding for maritime defense would need to be increased tenfold to prevent damage like that which occurred in early March.

Ten times more money would be needed for sea defences to build dykes that would protect settlements and infrastructure from flooding, as happened in the storm at the beginning of March. This is according to a coastal engineer at the Icelandic Road Administration. Considerable damage in the storm Considerable damage was caused in the storm that swept across Southwest Iceland at the beginning of March. High currents and winds caused even more dama…