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Southern Norway braced for rainy weekend

State meteorologists were warning residents of Southern Norway, especially the area from Kragerø to Kristiansand known as Sørlandet, to prepare for more intense rain...

Flood prevention funding reduced

The floodwaters that recently inundated many areas of Southern Norway have since receded, only to be replaced with a new flood of criticism against...

Landslide danger as high as the floods

Stunned residents of Norway's southern-most counties were warned this week that the danger of landslides was as high as the floodwaters that have swamped...

Flooding inundated Southern Norway

Homes have been evacuated, roads closed, boats swamped in marinas and cars washed away. Norway's southern counties of East- and West Agder were among...

‘Harvey’ halts Statoil’s production in Texas

Norwegian oil company Statoil is among the many in Texas to shut down operations, evacuate employees and halt production as the extreme weather system "Harvey" continued...

New rain warnings up in Southern Norway

The state meteorologic institute issued warnings that more heavy rain is due to pour down on Telemark and Aust-Agder counties and most of southeastern Norway Tuesday...

Flood victims lack power and water

After being inundated with water from heavy rain and flooding, residents of Utvik  in the county of Sogn og Fjordane face being without fresh...

Heavy rain sets off flooding

Enormous amounts of rain fell over much of the mountains of southern Norway on Sunday and during the night, setting off landslides and flash-flooding...

Flooding swamped houses with sewage

Heavy rain and melting snow set off flooding during the weekend that had been warned since rivers and creeks started rising in both Northern and...

West Coast rides out storm and flooding

State metorologists declared around midday on Thursday that the latest extreme weather system to hit Norway's West Coast, known as Vidar, had topped out....
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