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Costs mount as rainstorm floods Oslo

Damage caused by the sudden violent rainstorm that hit Oslo and other cities on Sunday is likely to be far costlier than the recent...

Sudden heat wave shocked Karasjok

Vast areas of Northern Norway broke all previous temperature records over the weekend, with thermometers in the Arctic city of Karasjok hitting well over...

Flood damage claims pour in

The cost of last week's severe flooding in southern Norway is likely to hit a quarter-billion kroner (USD 43 million), as insurance firms tally...

Floodwaters crest, ‘the worst is over’

Water levels in some of Norway's largest lakes and rivers continued to rise during the weekend but by Monday morning, officials at waterways directorate...

Floods show lack of accountability

EXPATRIATE MUSINGS: Spring floods rolled through large parts of Norway again last week, destroying homes that in some areas had just been rebuilt after...

Flood disaster moving south

SEE NRK VIDEO: As state officials declared disaster areas in severely flooded portions of southern Norway, attention was turning to the new threats posed...

Hundreds evacuated and damage spreads as flood waters rise

Neighbours were crying and hugging one another Thursday morning as they watched raging flood waters slam into their homes in Kvam, in the valley...

Flood warnings up after warm snap

A sudden rise in temperatures all over Norway led to a warm and mostly sunny holiday weekend, but also set off flooding and fears...

Spring chill blamed on warmer Arctic

As Norway woke up to yet another chilly, even frosty, morning on Monday, experts were linking this year's unusually cold spring weather to melting...

Spring storm moving in Thursday

After weeks of clear blue skies and cold temperatures, residents of southern Norway were being warned this week that a spring storm was on...

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