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Freezing rain created hazardous roads

Rain falling on frozen asphalt made roads slippery and hazardous all over the country on Tuesday, and that was blamed for a series of...

New storms pound the west and north

Western and Northern Norway were being battered once again on Friday by storms that closed roads, cancelled ferries and resulted in several accidents. Mountain roads...

Influensa sweeps through the country

Thousands of Norwegians have been starting off the New Year sick with a flu virus that health authorities report has now hit all counties from...

Cold snap heads south

Residents of Karasjok in Northern Norway shivered through a night of temperatures falling to as low as minus-41.6C. In Tana, farther to the east...

Evacuations begin on stormy Svalbard

The top local administrator on Norway's Arctic island group of Svalbard began ordering evacuations on Wednesday, as a major storm moved in that threatened to...

Brighter days to follow ‘jul’ storms

After a string of dark and foggy days, the sun finally made an appearance in Oslo again on the day after the winter solstice. Thousands...

Extremely slippery roads snarled traffic

A change in the weather led to what Norwegians dread most when out driving: rain that freezes when it hits the asphalt. Cars, trucks...

Finnmark clobbered by winter storm

Nearly 30 roads were closed in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark on Friday and police were urging residents against trying to drive anywhere. Strong...

New weekend storm warnings posted

State meteorologists were warning residents of southern Norway to hold onto their hats heading into the weekend. Another major storm was bearing down on...

Evacuation orders lifted on Svalbard

Residents of Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard who'd been evacuated earlier this week because of storm damage fears were allowed to return to their homes...
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