Tag: storms
Major autumn storm rams northern coast
State meteorologists warned that a new storm with waves as high as 12 meters (nearly 40 feet) would ram the coast of Northern Norway...
Extreme weather stuns Vestlandet
UPDATED: Winter came early over the weekend, with stormy weather dumping up to 20 centimeters of snow in some areas of the mountains while...
Storm cancelled ‘Skreifiske’
The weather was so bad off the Norwegian coast on Saturday that one of the world's largest fishing contests, Skreifiske, had to be cancelled....
Storms caused ‘enormous’ damage
Local officials and not least home- and vehicle owners were assessing the damage caused over the weekend by the latest severe storm to slam...
Stormy weather hits Northern Norway hard
Flights, ferries and most all other forms of transport were hit hard on Friday when a powerful winter storm slammed into much of Nordland...
Residents evacuated as storm hits Svalbard
More than 100 residents of Longyearbyen, the main settlement on Svalbard, were evacuated after a severe winter storm slammed into the Arctic island group...
Bergen drenched by more heavy rain
Cellars were flooded, roads closed and a day care center was evacuated after Bergen and much of the West Coast was hit by another...
Emergency communications crashed in storm
Norway has invested nearly NOK 6 billion (USD 750 million) in a new communications system for emergency services, but it hasn't always worked during...
More warnings up for bad weather
Western Norway was due for yet another round of bad weather, this time what state meteorologists called "intense rain" from Tuesday evening. Hordaland and...
Norwegians rode out the mighty storm
Stormy seas along the Norwegian coast were calming down on Saturday after the extreme weather system dubbed "Knud" moved over Southern Norway and lost...
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