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IN PICS: Denmark braces for the arrival of Storm Pia

As Denmark braces itself for the impending impact of Storm Pia, the country's state forecaster, DMI, has sounded the alarm by elevating it to the highest "very dangerous weather" category.

Published: 21 December 2023 15:00 CET
Flooding prevention
As The Local continues to track the storm's progress, you can join us for an on-the-ground look at how Denmark is coping with Storm Pia. Photo by: Keld Navntoft / Ritzau - Scanpix

Set to make landfall on Thursday afternoon, Storm Pia threatens to unleash widespread flooding in its wake.

The most vulnerable areas include the northern coast of Funen, the northern coast of Zealand, and the northern part of the Øresund, with particular focus on the Odense Å, Isefjord, and Roskilde Fjord regions.

As The Local continues to track the storm’s progress, you can join us for an on-the-ground look at how Denmark is coping with Storm Pia.

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Storm Pia coverage – in photos:

By lunchtime on Thursday the winds were getting stronger on the northwest coast of Jutland, Here you can see people contending with strong winds at Vorupør in the refion. 
 
The DMI has issued a hurricane-force gust warning for the Hanstholm area and the west coast.

Hanstholm

Photo by: Claus Bjørn Larsen / Ritzau Scanpix
 
By lunchtime on Thursday, the winds were even getting stronger in Copenhagen. Here you can see people wrestling with umbrellas on the Nyhavn waterfront. 
 
Nyhavn wind

Photo by: Thomas Traasdahl / Ritzau Scanpix

Preparations have been afoot since Tuesday and were still continuing on Thursday morning. Here you can a water-filled barrier being laid around the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. 

Viking Ship Museum

Photo by: Claus Bech / Ritzau Scanpix
 
Danish Emergency Management Agency workers were on-site at the Crown Prince Frederik’s Bridge which crosses the Roskilde Fjord near Frederikssund. The bridge has been closed because it is at risk of being sunk beneath the rising waters on Friday.  

 
Kronprins Frederiks Bro

Photo: Keld Navntoft / Ritzau – Scanpix

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April set to be Denmark’s wettest for 150 years

Persistent rain throughout this month means a new mark for the wettest April on record is expected to be set.

Published: 26 April 2024 13:09 CEST
April set to be Denmark’s wettest for 150 years

There was a good chance the precipitation record for a the month of April will be broken on Friday.

The record has stood for 88 years.

By 9am on Friday some 94.9 millimetres of rain had fallen, with the downpour not showing any signs of relenting.

The wettest April on record in Denmark was in 1936, when the country received 98 millimetres.

“When we combine the amount of precipitation meteorologists expect with what we’ve already had, we expect to beat the old record sometime this afternoon,” Mikael Scharling, climatologist with national met office DMI, said.

April is normally among the driest months of the year in Denmark.

Rainfall records go back to 1874, with meaning that if the existing record is broken on Firday the month will be the wettest April Denmark has seen for at least 150 years.

The beginning of April brought particularly heavy rain but given the proximity of this weather to the end of March, the high total for April is to some degree a chance occurrence, Scharling said.

But the climatologist also noted the changes to weather systems caused by climate change.

“Climate changes are giving as more locked-in weather systems so we get long periods of drought and long periods of rain. That’s why we get both temperature records and precipitation records,” he said.

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