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Sweden readies flood barriers as water rises in the north

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency has sent 900 metres of barriers to the northern Norrbotten county in an effort to shore up the area against high water levels.

Published: 13 May 2018 13:08 CEST
Sweden readies flood barriers as water rises in the north
File photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

The area is at increasing risk of major flood damage, reports Sveriges Radio P4 Norrbotten.

Barriers to protect against flooding were expected to arrive in the Lapland city of Luleå on Sunday morning, according to the report. The exact allocation of the resources is yet to be decided.

“It looks as this stage as though they will be placed in Haparanda,” response team leader Niklas Bergman told the radio station.

The Haparanda municipality sits at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia adjacent to the border with Finland.

Finnish emergency services are also reported to have on Sunday place barriers around the Torne River to keep high water levels in check.

Weather agency SMHI has issued a Class 3 warning for Norrbotten's coastal and inland areas as well as the coasts in bordering Västerbotten.

The level of warning signifies flooding that can endanger the public and disrupt infrastructure, along with a risk of flooded houses and roads.

Water levels are expected to increase further during Sunday, primarily in upstream northwestern areas.

READ ALSO: Heavy snow melt blows open dam door in Sweden

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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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