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Investigation underway into train fire

Railway and railroad officials narrowly avoided a major catastrophe on the train line between Oslo and Bergen, after fire broke out in a snow...

Fire shuts Oslo-Bergen line

Around 250 passengers were evacuated from a train running on the popular line between Oslo and Bergen on Thursday, after fire broke out in...

‘Signal storm’ caused Telenor outages

Problems at part state-owned telecoms firm Telenor that left as many as 3 million users without coverage for up to 18 hours over the...

Townships poorly prepared for floods

As floodwaters continued to inundate large portions of southeastern Norway on Thursday, state authorities were criticizing local governments for allowing too much construction in...

Flood spreads, southeast threatened

The cities of Hamar and Gjøvik and many other communities around Norway's largest lake, Mjøsa, were scrambling to hold back rising floodwaters that experts...

Lightning storm killed horses

Damage reports were still emerging after a severe thunder and lightning storm descended on the counties of Trøndelag in central Norway over the weekend....

Floodwaters may rise all week long

What started as flooding from heavy rains and melting snow turned into a deluge through the weekend and the floodwaters haven't crested yet in...

Rain wreaks havoc, phones hit, too

Torrential rain continued to pound down on wide areas of southern Norway during the night and on Friday, washing out bridges, setting off mudslides...

Flood warnings posted all over

The weather forecast wasn't very good as Norwegians looked forward to their last official three-day weekend until Christmas. State officials warned of floods over...

Party leader released from hospital

Siv Jensen, leader of Norway's most conservative political party, was back on her feet and released from hospital by Wednesday. She's still officially on...
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