Tag: weather

Runway closure stranded thousands

Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen (OSL) was forced to suspend all flight departures and landings Monday morning, because of rain that froze upon hitting...

More storms coming

Norway's spate of stormy weather looked set to continue this week, after another weekend of hurricane-force winds along the southwest coast. The counties of...

First snow finally falls down south

Oslo-area residents were among those who woke up to winter on Wednesday, after snow started falling Tuesday evening and stuck around through much of...

Snow finally arrives – and lots of it

Residents of Stryn, in the mountains of Sogn og Fjordane, woke up to 50 centimeters of heavy, wet snow on Monday. Snow also fell...

Warm autumn snags sportwear sales

Norway's unseasonably warm autumn has left tons of down jackets, heavy sweaters and other winter sportswear piling up in retail stores and warehouses. "If...

November was warmest in 150 years

State meteorologists report that unseasonably high temperatures all over the country made last month the warmest November recorded in Norway for around 150 years....

New storm rolling in from Iceland

Norwegians were being warned to prepare for more rough weather, especially along the west coast, as another storm moved in from Iceland on Tuesday....

Storm swept three out to sea

New storms moving in over Norway turned tragic for three members of a film crew on Sunday afternoon. They were out photographing spectacular waves...

Wind and waves clobber the coast

The "extreme weather system" known as "Berit" hit Norway's northwest coast hard on Friday and through the night into Saturday morning, moving north from...

Sun sets for the winter up north

The sun was set to dip below the horizon on Sunday in Norway's far north, and not rise again until January 21. The season...

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