Norway has warned of the risk of avalanches and landslides due to the strongest storm it has witnessed in 30 years

This Friday, the Norwegian authorities issued several Warnings of landslides and avalanches For the southern part of the country, which continues to be affected by bad weather that, according to the authorities, may also cause road closures in the north in a short time.

Flights to and from the airport in the Arctic city of Tromsø resumed on Friday after about 200 passengers were forced to sleep there due to… Hurricane-force winds and snow from the strongest storm to hit Norway since 1992.

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute noted that strong winds were still blowing in northern Norway and warned that southern Norway was expected to receive up to 100 mm of rain in the next 24 hours.

The Norwegian Directorate of Water Resources and Energy has issued the highest level of avalanche alert for most parts of the south and center of the country in the coming days.

Police said it was in southeastern Norway Many road accidents Because of icy surfaces, including a school bus that ran off the road. No one is hurt.

He called the storm Injun Norwegian meteorologists arrived on Wednesday with winds of up to 180 kilometers per hour in some areas on Thursday. High winds, rain and snow tore off roofs and caused flights to be canceled and departed Thousands of people are without electricity.

the Night trains Flights between Bergen (west) and Oslo were suspended, as well as urban transportation in the most affected provinces, and almost all roads linking the west and east of the country were cut.

In several towns, such as Bodo (north), local authorities closed schools and urged people to work from home.

Eldbjörg Moxnes, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the Norwegian News Agency: NTB On Friday, although the severe weather produced by Injun is over, “it will not be a quiet weekend on the weather front.”

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute announced on the social media network X that the storm had set a new national record for average wind speed. Nearly 196 kilometers per hour was measured at Somna, on the central Norwegian coast.

During the weekend, strong winds and rain are also expected to hit the neighbors Sweden and Denmark. A yellow or orange alert has been declared in the Swedish counties of Norrbotten, Västerbotten and Västerbotten.

(With information from AP and EFE)