Since Sunday, the weather conditions have created challenges for road traffic in northern Norway. Mild temperatures, heavy rain, avalanches, slush avalanches, icing and freezing rain have led to challenging driving conditions, according to the Norwegian Road Administration.
– It is mild weather, rain and a little snow in Finnmark. The mild weather means that there is such a great risk of landslides. The danger of landslides and landslides creates challenges and several roads are closed, Lars Nordås, traffic operator at the Road Traffic Center in the north, tells Dagbladet.
Three counties affected
The mild weather creates challenges on the road in both Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, reports Nordås, which summarizes:
- There have been a few avalanches on Senja. Two roads are closed there now.
- The E6 on Kvenangsfjellet is closed due to avalanche danger. A new assessment will be made at 3 p.m. The E6 bit that is closed is the main road between Alta and Storslett.
- Highway 94 is closed. Here there was a landslide quite close to Hammerfest, by Rypefjord. A new assessment will be made as to whether the road can be opened around ten o’clock this morning.
- There has also been a landslide at the Kvalsund bridge, which goes over Kvaløya to Hammerfestøya. A new assessment will be made in the morning.
– We are waiting for daylight so that we can check whether it is possible to open the roads. We may be able to open, says Nordås.
– Challenging driving conditions
– Best at home
Highway 80 into Bodø is also closed.
– There were no incidents last night. National highway 80 between Fauske and Bode is still closed and we will make a new assessment in the morning, says operations manager Yngvar Fredriksen at the Nordland police district to Dagbladet.
People who have to go out on the road must take a detour via Misvær, the police told Dagbladet. The Swedish Road Administration states that there are detour signs from Saltdal to Tverlandet on county road 812, but the detour is not recommended for large vehicles.
– But if you don’t have to drive, it’s best to stay at home. There have been several small slush avalanches across the road. One south of the Mo i Rana area yesterday, and some slush avalanches on some small roads, Fredriksen continues.
He further informs an ignorant mourner that the current mild weather is normal for the time of year.
– It’s quite normal, yes. Here it regularly goes from cold to mild at this time of year, says Fredriksen.
Nordås in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration completely agrees with:
– At this time of year there are often different temperatures. Now it’s the mild weather that creates such a great risk of landslides and there are a few times like that during a winter, says Nordås.
2024-01-10 05:38:36
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