Tag: winter
Snow falling over most of the south
UPDATED: State meteorologists warned of new heavy snowfall due to move in over southern Norway Wednesday night. It started later than expected but was...
Storm battered southern Norway
UPDATED: Communities along Norway's south and west coasts were pounded by huge wages and strong winds over the weekend, as a major storm roared...
Ski champs get media drilling
Norwegian athletes aren't only warming up for the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo (Ski VM 2011) later this month. They're also being given...
Fewer train delays this winter
There were some signal problems in the Oslo area Thursday morning, but Norway's chronic railway delays have been reduced by more than a half...
Make or break for women’s ski jumping
The performance of women ski jumpers at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo later this month is likely to determine whether they'll make...
IOC member urges new Olympics bid
Norway's Gerhard Heiberg, best known for running the successful 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), now...
Warmer weather waiting in the wings
Winter's here to stay for a few more months, but meteorologists predict temperatures will rise higher than seasonal averages from February to April, especially...
Melting snow isolated thousands
A sudden rise in temperatures over the weekend set off a series of floods and snow- and rock slides all over western Norway, forcing...
Motorists spent the night in a tunnel
More than 200 motorists were forced the spend an uncomfortable night stuck in a tunnel through a mountain in southern Norway, after bad weather...
Free skiing tracks under threat
UPDATED: Norwegian cross-country skiers have long enjoyed the privilege of crisp, cost-free ski tracks to lead them from waffle to waffle during the winter...
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