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The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has issued extreme weather forecasts for extremely strong gusts in exposed locations in Nord-Helgeland, Salten, Ofoten and Troms.
On Thursday night, around 1,000 households were without power in Nordland, mostly in Helgeland, but also in Narvik.
Several flights were canceled Thursday night as a result of the storm.
According to Nordland, the SAS flight to Trondheim at 9:05 p.m. has been canceled, as has the SAS flight from Tromsø that was supposed to land at 8:40 p.m. Several departures from Widerøe have also been canceled. The same goes for various ferries.
STRONG RESULT: Some bridges have also had to be closed due to the strong wind. Like here at Fylkesvein 17 over Helgelandsbrua, where 35 seconds of wind was measured at 9pm on Thursday. Photo: Norwegian Public Roads Administration web camera
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In northern Norway, several mountain passes are also closed due to the storm.
Status at 8:40 p.m.
- E6 Saltfjellet: Closed, more than 20 trucks are parked in Saltdalskroa waiting to get back on the road. It probably won’t happen until Friday. In practice, Norway is divided in two, concludes NRK Nordland.
- E6 Kvænangsfjellet – Expected to be closed due to strong winds
- E10 Bjørnefjell: Closed due to bad weather
- E12 Umbukta: closed due to bad weather
- Rv 77 Graddis: Closed due to bad weather
- Along the Helgeland coastline, several county roads are also closed Thursday night due to the storm.
In southern Norway:
- Rv 13 Vikafjellet: Closed due to bad weather. It won’t open on Thursday.
- Fv27 Venabygdsfjellet: Closed due to bad weather
- Barrier Fv37 Arabu – Barrier Skinnarbu: Closed due to bad weather
- Fv45 Ålgård – Svartevatn: Closed due to bad weather
- Fv45: boom Voiland – boom Grytestøyl: closed due to bad weather
- E134 Haukeli: Column.
- RV 7 Hardangervidda: Column.
CLOSED: The E6 over Saltfjellet is closed due to the storm. Photo: Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
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Gusts of 50 meters per second
On Thursday afternoon, the extreme weather “Frank” began to show muscle.
Already at 2.30 pm on Thursday a hurricane was observed with gusts of up to 50 meters per hour. second in Nord-Helgeland. That equates to 180 kilometers per hour. The hurricane’s wind force begins at 118 km / h.
– A storm is still expected from the east and southeast, part hurricane, with extremely strong gusts in North Helgeland, Salten, Ofoten and Troms, writes the Meteorological Institute.
SOLVED CEILING PLATES: Roof tiles have come loose on a house in Ramsvika north of Namsos. Photo: Namdal 110 Central
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The extreme gusts are expected to last through Friday night. There will also be very strong or strong gusts of wind in adjacent areas.
– The tiles fly in the air
Police and firefighters had to move into a house in Ramsvika, north of Namsos. The reason is a message that the roof of a residential house is about to explode, writes the Trøndelag police district in Twitter.
At 3:20 p.m., the police arrived at the scene. In an update, they write that “roofing sheets fly through the air” and ask people to stay indoors until the situation is under control.
THEY HAVE MET: Extreme weather hits the port of Sandnessjøen. Photograph: Therese Jægtvik / Helgelands Blad / NTB
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– The roof has not detached, but it must be secured so that parts of it are not removed. The fire service is helping with this work, operations manager Ove Tokstad tells Dagbladet.
Close schools
Several municipalities in Nordland are also closing or considering closing schools due to Frank’s extreme weather, according to NTB.
In the municipality of Meløy, the Enga school and the School Leisure Program will close on Friday due to extreme weather, reports NRK.
In Saltdal Township, rivers were sent home from school early Thursday so they can safely enter before the wind picks up.
Fauske Township is also considering whether schools should close on Friday. If schools are closed, parents will be notified by SMS, writes NTB.
Danger warnings in much of the country
Strong gusts of wind are also expected in southern Norway tonight and early tomorrow, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. This means that there is a danger warning across much of Norway on Thursday.
In southern Norway there can be bursts of 25-30 seconds, while in Nord-Trøndelag there can be bursts of up to 40 seconds.
40-50 cm of snow
In southern Norway, a precipitation warning was also issued.
– On Thursday afternoon and until Friday morning, a lot of precipitation is expected in eastern Norway, in Agder and in Rogaland, the meteorologists write.
In the altitude there can be between 40 and 50 cm of snow, while a lot of rain is expected in the lowlands.
Snowdrifts are also expected in the mountains, and some mountain passes are closed or have introduced column driving.
– It is not often that these forces are registered
It is an unusual extreme weather that has hit the country today.
“Frank” is extreme weather with offshore winds and wind gusts, and similar extreme weather has only been recorded in Norway twice in the past 20 years, says state meteorologist Eirik Samuelsen of the Meteorological Institute.
– The previous corresponding extreme weather was ‘Ylva’ in 2017, and before that it was ‘Narve’ in 2006, says Samuelsen.
– Gusts of 35 to 50 meters per second are extremely strong. It’s not often that these forces are logged, state meteorologist Aslaug Skålevik Valved tells Dagbladet.
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