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Extreme weather in Norway: Trondheim docks flooded by freak high water

Water levels in Trondheim reached 1.4 metres above sea level on Tuesday as a result of a the ‘Elsa’ extreme weather system.

Published: 11 February 2020 17:41 CET
Extreme weather in Norway: Trondheim docks flooded by freak high water
Exceptionally rare high tide is pictured reaching the harbour of Trondheim where the Norwegian coastal transport company Hurtigruten docks in Trondheim. Photo: AFP

The Norwegian Mapping Authority reported that, just after 1pm, water levels were expected to be around 1.4 metres above normal levels, VG reports.

The high water level — corresponding to 395 centimetres above chart datum — only occurs once every 50 to 100 years, according to local media Adressa.

Measurements taken by the Mapping Authority showed that the water level was a few centimetres lower than that predicted, at 386 centimetres above chart datum.

High water levels in the region are partly due to the full moon, combined a strong low-pressure weather system.

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The extreme weather, which has been given the name Elsa in Norway, also impacted southern county Agder as well as the west coast on Monday.

The highest water level was measured in Måløy, a town in Vestland county, 287 centimetres, 5 centimetres above the 1993 record, according to the MET Norway.

The high water entered the town hall and several shops in the town, NRK reported.

Capital Oslo did not escape the high tide, with the Mapping Authority reporting a high of 185 centimetres on Monday evening before levels began to subside.

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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