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Storm Ingolf raises water levels in Denmark

Water levels were at high levels in Denmark late on Sunday after Storm Ingolf poured over the country.

Published: 30 October 2017 08:05 CET
Storm Ingolf raises water levels in Denmark
Flooding in Horsens. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Polfoto/Ritzau

But raised water levels have not caused major damage and are now receding, police have reported.

“It has been very windy, particularly in the Kattegat sea, which is part of what has caused water levels to rise,” said Martin Lindberg of the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).

At 1:40am Monday DMI reported water levels had peaked “in all areas”.

“High water will drop under 100 centimetres in most places during the next one to two hours, with the exception of Roskilde Fjord, where it is reducing slowly and will be under 100 centimetres on Monday,” Lindberg added.

Water began to rise along the Danish coast and at fjords and rivers across the country from 6pm on Sunday.

A 60-year-old man in the town of Svinninge was killed when he lost control of his car due to water on the road at around 9pm, reports Ritzau.

By 10pm, the high water was gradually receding on the island of Funen, where the worst of the flooding had been forecast. High water levels in Odense Fjord reached 162cm before beginning to recede, reports broadcaster TV2.

At Roskilde, steps were taken to protect the city’s Viking Ship Museum, which houses five original Viking ships excavated in the area, with water levels as high as 160cm forecast.

But water did not rise as far as had been feared.

“We did not get anywhere near 160 centimetres. The highest we measured in the Fjord was 131 centimetres,” Mid and West Zealand Police communications officer Merete Scheensbeck said.

Scheensbeck confirmed that the museum, which is located at the fjord, was undamaged.

“That is thanks to good work by authorities and a big effort by volunteers,” she said.

In nearby Frederikssund, the Crown Prince Frederik Bridge – which crosses the Roskilde Fjord – was closed temporarily the storm before being reopened at around midnight.

Ingolf caused some disruption in other parts of Denmark.

Several roads were closed in harbour areas in the towns of Horsens and Vejle in Jutland.


A closed road due to flooding in Horsens. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Polfoto/Ritzau

Aarhus was also affected by problems related to the high water level.

DMI also issued a warning regarding potential flooding in coastal areas of northern Zealand relating to high water levels there.

That warning remained in place until Monday morning.

READ ALSO: Denmark to get windy weekend with storm-strength gusts possible

WEATHER

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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