Tag: storms
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...
Storm warnings raised to red alert
Norway's state meteorologists raised storm warnings to their highest level, so-called "red alert," on Friday, as a potentially fatal system of extreme weather bore...
Autumn storm ‘hit harder’ than expected
Police along Norway's West Coast were inundated with calls for help during the night, after hurricane-force winds slammed into the area from Bergen north...
New storm coming on Friday
State meteorologists were issuing new warnings on Thursday for yet another storm due to bear down on Southern Norway on Friday. They're predicting not...
Hurricane warnings up for West Coast
State meteorologists were issuing warnings on Wednesday for another round of unusually strong winds during the evening and night ahead. Hurricane-force winds were predicted...
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