Stay indoors while the storm continues

The police have received reports that roof tiles, stalls and bus shelters have been taken by the wind.

– It is a gust of wind of 37 meters per second, they write.

Due to the strong gusts of wind, they asked the population to stay indoors during the storm, and secure loose objects if it is justifiable.

Overturned lorries

Earlier Sunday night, a lorry overturned on Kvalsund bridge, as a result of the wind. The driver was not injured and the train was without load. The police were notified of the incident at 22:08, the police in Finnmark write on Twitter.

In the morning, a trailer was blown over in the same place, 110 Finnmark reported at 05.12. The driver was not injured.

The fire brigade has responded to a total of nineteen small and large incidents during the night. They write on twitter that it has been everything from water penetration to securing roofs and boats. Hammerfest has been hardest hit.

Hazard warning upgraded to orange

Yr upgraded its danger warning on Sunday night from yellow to orange level. The update states that a strong western storm is expected to hurricane-exposed places with locally very strong gusts of 38-43 m / s. Extremely strong gusts of over 43 m / s will occur locally on the coast.

On Sunday evening, a gust of 46 m / s was observed at Hekkingen lighthouse in Troms and 43.6 m / s at Melkøya. At Hammerfest Airport, gusts of up to 40.5 m / s were measured, the Meteorological Institute reports in the danger forecast.