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Weekend hytte trips discouraged

Highway and emergency services sent out an unusual warning Friday afternoon: "Don't drive to your hytte (holiday home) this weekend." Damage from this week's...

Storm finally over after destructive days

Norway's meteorological institute could finally report Thursday night that the extreme weather system dubbed "Gyda" was over, but flooding and landslide danger remained. Lots...

Storm warnings turned ‘all too real’

There was no lack of warnings about the threat of an extreme weather system that started hitting Norway hard on Wednesday. The high winds,...

Rain and wind turned destructive

After weeks if not months of unusually warm and dry weather, most of Southern Norway continues to be battered this week by heavy rain...

Storm scared tourists on Lofoten

Neither longtime residents nor ferry operators had ever seen such long lines at local ferry docks late this week, after thousands of tourists frightened...

Sisters killed by lightning

Flags were flying at half-mast on Monday in the coastal community of Hareid, southwest of Ålesund, after three sisters from Oslo were struck by...

Adrift Dutch ship now under control

A Dutch cargo ship that lost power in a severe storm off Norway's west coast earlier this week was finally brought under tow in...

Cargo ship adrift in stormy seas

Norwegian officials were worrying about serious environmental damage after a Dutch cargo ship floundered in stormy seas off Ålesund on Monday and then lost...

Winter storm rages over Northern Norway

Norway's northernmost region of Finnmark was largely cut off from the rest of the country on Monday after a severe winter storm with strong...

Major storm batters Helgeland

Police were urging residents all along the West Coast and especially in Helgeland to stay indoors, after the extreme weather system known as Frank...

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