It's not the sewer system's fault, even though water has flooded the streets.

The heaviest rain in Akureyri lasted four to five hours on Wednesday. The town's weather station showed a maximum of just under six millimeters of precipitation per hour. A lot of water poured down into the town. It may not have been torrential rain, but there was much more precipitation higher up and a lot of water ended up flowing down to the plains. The sewage system that is supposed to receive all surface water could not handle all the water…