In the course of Thursday afternoon, it has blown up from small to full storm in Nordland, while in Troms and Finnmark currently, little storm.
Multiple locations, it is also been measured gust with hurricane force, at the same time as several cities and småbygder in Finnmark is isolated because of the storm. among other things, Vardø. In Longyearbyen, over a hundred people were evacuated because of the strong wind and big snøskredfare.
It is believed that the storm will be at its most powerful between 20 and 22 in the evening.
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POWERFUL: This værkartet shows the powerful storm that is over the whole of North-Norway and Spitsbergen. It is expected that the storm will affect the north of the country until Saturday afternoon. Screenshot: earth.nullschool.net Show more Man stuck on the pier
On the breakwater at Bodø Harbour a man was stuck on a floating dock, when the pedestrian bridge fell down in the 22-time on Thursday night.
– It is tempting to believe that the wind is to blame. We have a redningsskøyte in the area that are on the way out to grab the man, says operasjonsleder Tommy Bech.
#Bodø harbour, Breakwater: the Footbridge to one of the flytebryggene have fallen down. the
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From Nordland county and northwards
– There is a lot of wind. It is in full swing from Wyoming and all the way up and with Spitsbergen. Only the wind changing to the north, but there is a strong wind and up against a strong storm in some places, ” says statsmeteorolog Reidar Skoglund to the Newspaper.
on Thursday night has meteorologists up the alert for Friday:
WINDBLOWN: This picture is taken earlier in the day in Bodø. Thursday night is blowing it considerably more powerful. Photo: Kjetil Forest Show more
It is expected to increase to north-little storm with locally strong gusts to 30-35 meters per second, in Troms, West Finnmark and the finnmark plateau.
the Storm hit in full in the mainland now in the evening, and is moving slowly eastwards.
the Storm begins to get a little spakere the furthest south in the county of Nordland in the evening in the morning. The storm then moves gradually to the north, and that will be enough to hold on in the north until around noon Saturday. In Finnmark it will be given out later in the day, while the Spitsbergen probably get rid of the worst by Friday evening, ” says Skoglund.
It takes a bit of time with this storm here, that is not moving too fast. It comes with sleet and snow showers. It gets colder when the front moves eastward. There are just enough uncomfortable, ” says the meteorologist.
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Hurricane strength gusts of over 32,7 metres per second.
Hornsund on Svalbard had the Thursday afternoon wind gusts of up to 45,2 metres a second, according to the Norwegian Meteorological institute.
Over 100 people have been evacuated in the Town as a result of the storm. 29 homes are emptied, in addition, the school, the SFO and the nursery closed.
Storm in the north: the Aircraft and the ferry departures to be set
communications advisor Terje Carlsen from the Governor tells us that they maintain the evacuation and ferdelsesforbudet until Saturday. There should be a new assessment.
The worst of the wind has passed, but the blows are still good, ” he says.
Hamnefjell wind power plants in Finnmark has measured gusts up to 37 m/s in the morning in the day, which is above the hurricane wind speed. It was also hurricane Dikkevikfjellet in Berlevåg in Finnmark on Thursday, writes NRK.
– Never experienced similar
In Bodø blowing it vigorously Thursday night, and the wall panels have blown off the walls.
BLOWS: Torbjørg Aalborg tells us that the powerful blows in Gildeskål. Photo: Private Show more
Torbjørg Aalborg is resident in Gildeskål in Nordland. She tells us that her husband is a vicar and that they live in an old parsonage from the end of the 1600s.
– We have lived here for over three years and never experienced anything similar. Christmas hoot is so strong that it drowns out the radio. Old house is a little bit bright, so the wind makes that we are not able to hold the heat. In addition, the blows so powerful down in the pipes that we do not dare to fire, ” she says.
BLASTED BY ROAD: A bus with several students blew off the road in Valnesfjorden. No one was injured. Photo: Bodø Towing / NTB Scanpix Show more Bus blew off the road
the Storm in the north are creating major challenges in the traffic. Several aircraft and ferry service set, and it is very challenging driving conditions on a number of roads.
In Valnesfjorden in Nordland blew a bus with several students of the way. No one was injured in the incident, according to NRK.
When 17-time notified the police in Nordland that a wagon trains that had run off the road on the E6 highway at Saltfjellet. There were very strong winds on site.
the Storm also affected air travel, and Widerøe has cancelled several sailings. Also larger aircraft have been problems in the strong wind. Thomas Cook fly from Gran Canaria to Evenes had to turn in the air, according to Harstad Tidende. It should be measured 54 m/s at one end of the runway. The aircraft went to Trondheim instead.
Evacuates over 100 people on Svalbard – school and kindergartens to be closed
Currently, there is no airports closed as a result of the storm, but it can quickly change, says the spokesperson at Avinor, Lasse Vangstein according to NRK. He emphasises that all passengers must follow the messages they get from their airline.
In Tromsø harbour is located around 150 boats at the jetty, many of them have sought refuge because of the storm out to sea.
More farevarsler
– There are many different farevarsler for flights, kulingvarsling from the coast and difficult driving conditions. It is also significantly snøskredfare, meteorologist says Skoglund.
– You should maybe be a little extra careful in the north toward the weekend?
– Maybe more than a little, ” says the meteorologist.
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