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Hundreds flee from island fire

Just as one major brushfire was brought under control on Wednesday, another broke out: Nearly 430 residents were evacuated Wednesday afternoon as a new...

More snow snarls airlines and roads

Another round of heavy snowfall in southern Norway led to several accidents on slippery roads Monday morning, some of them serious. Flights in and...

Toilets froze, school forced to close

It was so cold in Northern Norway on Monday that the water in the toilets at a school in Kautokeino froze. "When we also...

Snowstorms through the weekend

UPDATED: The snow that's finally been falling on southern Norway during the past week, after an unusually warm autumn and winter so far, intensified...

Snow causes airport delays

Almost all flights were delayed at Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen on Thursday, after constant snowfall disrupted both takeoffs and landings. There was some...

Storm brews over weather service

Norway's popular online weather service, yr.no, received an uncertain forecast from the Minister of Culture this week. Thorhild Widvey said she'll investigate whether it's...

Warm, wet winter set to continue

Norway has experienced its eighth warmest December since 1900, with torrential rainfall second only to December 1975. The deluge has pushed power prices to...

Residents evacuated after landslides

More than a dozen households were evacuated and more residents were put on standby to leave after a landslide crashed down a mountainside into...

Christmas storm disrupted holidays

UPDATED: Traveling home for Christmas was no easy task anywhere in Norway this year, after another major storm swept over most of the country...

New major storm warnings posted

Southern Norway was bracing for yet another major storm that state meteorologists warned would extend through the Christmas holidays, with high winds, blizzards in...
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