Boats in the harbour of Bodø, Northern Norway, during extreme weather, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Residents of central Norway awoke to scenes of havoc and homes without power Thursday, following the country's most powerful storm in more than three decades. (Per-Inge Johnsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Republished February 02, 2024 - 5:40 AM
Original Publication Date February 02, 2024 - 1:01 AM
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Norway issued several landslide and avalanche warnings for the southern part of the country Friday as it continued to get hammered by bad weather that officials said also might close roads in the north at short notice.
Flights to and from the airport in the Arctic city of Tromsoe resumed Friday after some 200 passengers had to sleep there due to the gale-force winds and snow from Norway’s most powerful storm since 1992.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute said strong winds still were blowing over northern Norway. It warned that southern Norway was forecast to get up to 100 millimeters (4 inches) of rain within 24 hours.
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate issued its highest-level avalanche warning for most of southern and central Norway for the coming days.
Police in southeastern Norway reported several accidents because of icy surfaces, included a school bus that skidded off the road. No one was injured.
The storm, named Ingunn by Norwegian meteorologists, arrived Wednesday and brought gusts of up to 180 kilometers per hour (112 mph) in some places on Thursday. Strong wind, rain and snow ripped off roofs, canceled flights and left thousands without power.
Norwegian Meteorological Institute meteorologist Eldbjørg Moxnes told Norwegian news agency NTB on Friday that while the extreme weather Ingunn brought was over, “it will still not be a calm weekend on the weather front.”
Strong winds and rain are also expected in neighboring Sweden and Denmark over the weekend.
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