The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has issued 55 danger warnings for storms, strong gusts of wind and gales in large parts of the country, from Berlevåg in the north to Kristiansand in the south.
– We have sent out a danger warning for this year’s first autumn storm. There will be a strong south wind in the Norwegian Sea as a result of a low pressure, said Martin Granerød, meteorologist on duty at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, to Dagbladet on Wednesday morning.
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Here is the year’s first autumn storm in our area, seen from space ????
A storm center has developed in the Norwegian Sea, and is now leading to consequences such as strong gusts of wind and overwater in northern Norway ???? pic.twitter.com/mvIpUdrOUw
– The Meteorologists (@Meteorologists) September 22, 2021
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The road crashed
The autumn storm has already taken over Lofoten, where a road between Sandsletta and Laukvika collapsed as a result of large amounts of water. No people were injured.
Bjarne Rystad was one of the first on the site when the road collapsed at two o’clock on Wednesday. The storm took Lofoten seriously on Tuesday night, he says.
– We are many who have seen accumulations of water in that area on several occasions. There were large amounts of water accumulating there today. The road safety is old so it can not withstand the amount of water, he says.
GROWTH: In Lofoten, a road between Sandsletta and Laukvika has collapsed as a result of large amounts of water. Photo: Bjarne Rystad
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Rystad, who works as a fisherman in Lofoten, witnessed the hole in the road grow from two to ten meters wide. He blocked the road with a tractor so that no one would be injured.
– Opening in the road was there when I got there, but I saw it when it opened more from two to ten meters.
– I sat on the emergency turn signal and was shown away a foreign car. Now I have a car on one side and the tractor on the other, Rystad said Lofoten Post, who spoke to him first.
STRONG WIND: At Gimsøystraumen bridge on the E10 in Lofoten, the storm made its mark on Wednesday night. Photo: Statens Vegvesen Webcam
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Warns
On Twitter, the Meteorological Institute writes on Wednesday night that there has been a lot of rain in Lofoten and outer Ofoten.
– Kanstadbotn in Lødingen south of Hinnøya got 74.0 mm until 20 o’clock, they write.
On the north side of Hinnøya, however, only 5.4 mm was registered, as a result of the mountains on Hinnøya capturing most of the moisture and letting it fall over Kanstadbotn.
Meteorologist Martin Granerød told Dagbladet on Wednesday morning that the whole of Troms and Finnmark can expect gusts of 25 to 33 meters per second.
– There is even a possibility that there may be gusts of wind up to 35 meters per second, but it is not certain that there will be quite as strong winds, he said.
