Thursday, December 22, 2016

Bad weather closes the mountain roads – Västerbottens-kuriren (the Courier)

strong winds and snow led to the mountain roads in southern Norway has been closed. In several places, apply kolonnkörning.

In Trondheim, two of the vessels plying the hurtigruten stuck in the harsh weather. They would have sailed to the south Thursday and Friday, but will remain in port.

for the holiday season announcing vädertjänsterna including high waves along the Norwegian west coast in connection with a storm that brings rain and, at higher elevations, snow. It means that you have to expect hold-up the entire weekend.

Thursday night was the national highway 13 over Vikafjellet closed. Highway 7 over Hardangervidda was closed for cars, but larger vehicles were allowed to pass in the column. Also other routes were affected.

Kystverket warns of up to 20 metres high waves in the waters around the archipelago of Utvær in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The archipelago is often described as Norway’s westernmost outpost.

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