Helgeland felt the power on the night of Thursday. – We were notified at 10.30pm on Wednesday that loose parts had been observed on the roof of Aldersund fire station. When we got crews there, it turned out that over half the roof had come off. That’s what Atle Henriksen, who is municipal manager for technical in Lurøy municipality, says. – Most of the roof has been split off. The fire brigade itself has been saved, as the fire truck has been transported to safety. But Henriksen is more concerned that the loose parts could hit people. – Most of the roof has been torn off, and the parts have probably hit some cars nearby. Therefore, the population in the vicinity is advised not to approach the area. – We have sent out notices to residents that they should stay indoors and not come to the area. There is a port and a shop in the area, but we don’t want people to come there. Henriksen says that they are betting on getting it cleaned up when the wind dies down on Thursday. More people without power Extreme weather “Ingunn” leads to strong winds along the coast in Trøndelag and Nordland. And over 14,000 customers in Trøndelag and Nordland are without electricity. In Trøndelag, around 12,000 customers are without electricity at the time of writing, according to the map by the network company Tensio. A little further north, in Helgeland, 2,317 customers are without electricity, according to the network company Linea. A little further north in Nordland, 265 in Salten and the black ice region are without power. The meteorologist: – Extreme wind – It is extremely strong. This is what the meteorologist on duty, Alexander Broberg Skeltved, says at 02.30, when he reads out which measuring stations have measured the strongest winds on the night of Thursday. Then it was Trøndelag that got the strongest wind: Nordøyan lighthouse – strongest average wind of 41.4 meters per second Sklinna lighthouse – strongest gust of 51.5 meters per second – Then we expect this to gradually move north-east. – Vega in the far south of Nordland also measured over hurricane force at midnight. There are a number of stations that have been consistently above hurricane strength. This is what the weather forecast looks like to the Meteorologists. Photo: Yr.no But how much is 51.5 meters per second really? – That is equivalent to 185 kilometers per hour. It’s like sticking your hand out of a car driving at that speed and feeling the wind. Then you realize that it is powerful, says Skeltved. Average winds of over 40 meters per second are not commonplace either. It is actually so powerful that the usual wind scale (Beaufort’s scale) falls short. – The limit for hurricane strength is 32.6 meters per second. When you are at over 40 meters per second, then we have not only hit a hurricane, but jumped two degrees above it again, he says. Are you wondering what the wind is like where you live? Check Yr’s wind map in the link below: Takes six hours to pass So how will Thursday be? – At 06:00 the storm is expected to hit the far end of Lofoten. During the night, the wind shifted from a south-easterly direction to a north-westerly direction. – It is around then that we expect to receive some new, extreme measurements, says Skeltved. Around 12 o’clock on Thursday, the storm will have passed most of the Helgeland coast, and will then lie over Vesterålen and Sør-Troms. – We see that it takes approximately six hours for the storm to pass when it is at its worst. Then you can add a few hours before and after when there is a little less wind. But it takes about six hours when it passes, he says. In Namsos the wind was so strong that the sea washed ashore. Photo: Kjetil Strøm Langeng Widerøe cancels flights – We see that there will also be cancellations on Thursday morning, says Widerøe’s communications manager, Catharina Solli. Among other things, all flights to and from Bodø have been canceled on Thursday morning until 10 o’clock. In addition, not all the flights on Wednesday evening have made it to where they will have their morning departure on Thursday. Nevertheless, Widerøe will not make the same move as they did on Monday. For the first time in 14 years, they chose to cancel all flights from Trondheim and northwards. Solli explains why: – There are “pockets” in the weather, and with the relatively short flights we have, we have experience that we are able to carry out many of these. She adds: – So don’t take it for granted that “Ingunn” will be responsible for all settings. It is possible that the flight will still go. Norwegian is canceling no flights for the time being – So far there are no cancellations on Thursday. But of course we follow the situation closely and make assessments all the time. It cannot be ruled out that there will be adjustments in affected areas on Thursday, the communications department of the airline tells news.
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Extreme weather “Ingunn” has hit Nordland – news Nordland
