Norway’s main newspaper Aftenposten wrote this morning that some sixty families have already been evacuated. Around Valdres, among other things, the misery with floods and landslides will be great. Some roads are closed in the eastern part of the country, cellars are filled with water.
On the Aftenposten website, you can see a video that journalists made near Dhaka. A road has been filmed from a partially flooded car that appears to have been swept away in part.
Just as the summer storm Polly was exceptionally severe in our country last month, it is clear that storm Hans is now also in Scandinavia. De Jong: “The origins are different. Polly came by sea, in Scandinavia the storm came by land.”
About the Balkans and Poland to be exact: “It originated from the remnants of what previously passed over Slovenia. In Scandinavia, a low pressure area collapses onto relatively warm air. This area then becomes active. At the same time, there is a new cold that draws in air from over the Arctic Circle.” northern”.
The shocking images came from Slovenia earlier:
When warm and cold air collide, thunderstorms can form. This often happens in the summer. But now in a very extreme form. “The amount of rain is exceptional. Climate change plays a part in this. The North Atlantic is a few degrees warmer than normal at this time. More moisture evaporates from the sea and ends up in the air and can fall back as rain, for example. Plus That said, it was very warm in Scandinavia.”
The storm is local. Heavy rains are expected, including on the western coast of Sweden and in the eastern part of Norway, De Jong knows. “Certainly in the mountainous regions all the rain water runs after it has fallen. Camping-sites are often situated by pretty streams, which are now circular masses. With all the consequences thereof.”
Meteorologists in the affected countries previously reported heavy rains as likely decades ago.
A train derailed in Sweden yesterday due to a recession in the track. “This is actually a small landslide. The sand and stones are then washed under the path. Saturated soil increases the risk of this.”
its season
Then today, there were also very strong winds around Kattengat, in southern Norway, on the Swedish coast in the west and in northern Denmark. “With winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour. That’s really powerful.”
Just as it did during last month’s Poly in the Netherlands, the outdoor season is now in full swing. “In northern Denmark, for example, there are chalk cliffs that attract tourists. Camp sites are full, and then damage is easily done.”
Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter also opened its website with the latest news about severe weather.
In the village of Ur, a river has swept its banks and water, dirt and stones are pouring through the streets. We urge residents to stay at home. “Everything is like a big pile of dirt,” a woman from the village told the newspaper. Unreal, you call the situation.
For now, the people of Scandinavia can do nothing but prepare and wait for the skies to clear. Mark de Jong: “In the area where it’s raining so hard right now, things should calm down around the middle of tomorrow.”
