– The plus degrees have already started to arrive – it has started to flow around. Section leader for traffic and roads in Stavanger municipality, Trygve Petter Nilsen, is busy. To put it mildly. He has 35 trucks, excavators, tractors and wheel loaders under his command. The mission: To remove the snow from the streets and roads in the oil city before the rain comes. – We will have a huge meltdown if this weather forecast works. The main focus is to remove snow so that the water can run away, he says. Trygve Petter Nilsen, section leader for traffic and roads in Stavanger municipality. Photo: Odd Rune Kyllingstad / news Nilsen also asks people to take a look at the street drain where they live and remove snow. – The municipality does not have the chance to check everyone. – Radical weather change A flood warning has been issued in Southern and Western Norway. It applies from the far end of the Sognefjord in the north to Lillesand in the south and applies from Sunday morning. Flood warning on Sunday Photo: SKJERMDUMT FROM VARSOM.NO And on Monday it will be even wetter: The Meteorological Institute reports on X that many places in Western Norway can get 60-80 mm in 24 hours, and in some places around 100 mm. – There will be thunderstorms with major consequences, says meteorologist on duty at the Meteorological Institute, Per Egil Haga. State meteorologist Per Egil Haga. Photo: Sophie Lorch-Falck And then the snowmelt comes on top of this: In Western Norway, plus temperatures have been reported up to 800 metres. Frost on the ground means that much of the water will flow upwards and create stormwater. – There will be a radical change in the weather in southern Norway. From this cold weather where the snow is a challenge, to mild weather with the challenges it brings with rain and melting, he says. Bergen is also working hard to prepare for the plus degrees: Crews have been shoveling and removing snow from the streets all night. A plow truck in the streets of Nygård in Bergen. Photo: news – We have all available crews out and we will also be driving for the next 24 hours, says Tore Tysse, who is a construction supervisor in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration with responsibility for national and European roads in Bergen and most of Vestland county. He warns against very demanding conditions on many footpaths and cycleways in the region. There is a lot of heavy snow and the usual equipment does not work properly. The snow from the streets of Stavanger is finally emptied into the sea at Mekjarvik. Ishålke But as if that’s not enough: Before that time, rain can freeze to ice on the ground and really make life miserable for people who have to walk or drive. A yellow danger warning for ice has been issued for outer areas of Western Norway – from Ålesund in the north to Egersund in the south. From Sunday afternoon, this will also apply to inland areas. Danger warning for ice in Western Norway. And from Monday, real ice is expected in Southern Norway and in southern parts of Eastern Norway. – It can be quite serious actually, says Haga. A yellow warning for high winds has also been issued. And then NVE has sent out a danger warning about the risk of snow and landslides in Rogaland and parts of Vestlandet and Agder. – When we get a lot of wind, increased temperatures and rain into the terrain, the risk of avalanches increases, says the meteorologist.
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