Tag: floods
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....
Rain and floods now ‘the new normal’
After a wet and wild summer, Norway is heading into a season where autumn storms are typically even more common. The West Coast continues to be...
Flood damage rises, more rain falling
It was raining again in Oslo Monday morning, after weekend downpours that flooded tunnels and blocked roads, halted trains and trams and even ruined exhibits...
Flooding closes roads and halts trains
UPDATED: Police and transportation officials were urging motorists not to drive on Saturday after torrential rains over wide areas of southeastern Norway led to flooding...
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