Strong winds shook the trees around Ove Holm’s house in Kvelde on Wednesday afternoon. Over 30 trees felled by the root and others rafted in two. Holm has sailed for over 40 years and says he has never experienced the like of wind. – We had five typhoons around us when we sailed from Japan in 1968. This was even worse, he says. The wind pushed the roof tile upwards. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news A shed with a car in it was destroyed in the gusts of wind. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news A car is parked in the destroyed shed. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news A dish was torn off the wall. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news Badebasseng gone without a trace Holm says that the strong wind lasted for 2-3 minutes before it was over. – The wife went and hid in the living room corner, he says. The wind slammed the outdoor furniture into the car, before it ended up on a slope. – I had a swimming pool in the garden and it is gone without a trace, says Holm. ØP first mentioned the case. WIND: Ove Holm says the wind was terrible. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news Withdrew from the window Neighbor Paul Bergene Holm stood by the window with his son to watch the weather. It started to blow, but the strength only increased and increased. The tree fell and landed right next to the house wall. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news Ove Holm looks at a tree that has fallen on the plot. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news Trees crack near a house. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news Trees are usually vertical, here nature has made an exception. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news – Now something unusual is happening here, I thought. There was so much wind that I did not dare to stand close to the window anymore, says Holm. He withdrew further into the house and says he thought he had to go down to the basement. – Then a tree falls over the streamline. It was a scary experience, he says. Paul Bergene Holm says it was scary to see the result of the strong wind. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news – Like a plow State meteorologist Rafael Escobar Løvdahl tells news that yesterday’s wind was created by a low pressure that forced cold air in from the west. – Imagine a plow going through snow. Then the snow is shoveled onto the plow. This is also the case with the air, says Løvdahl. He explains that the cold air pushes hot air into the atmosphere. The hot air area must be filled with other air. This leads to strong gusts of wind. – Wind at 20 meters per second corresponds to around 70 km / h. Imagine driving at that speed and sticking an umbrella out the window. These are incredible forces, he says. Løvdahl says trees that stand some distance inland are not used to as strong winds as vegetation by the sea. – It can create greater consequences, he says. Over 20 second meters The strongest gusts measured on Wednesday were at Kråkerøy lighthouse at 23.7 meters per second. At Lindesnes it was measured 22 m / s and at Notodden airport it was 18.9 m / s. Central Norway and northern Norway escaped the worst winds.
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