Extreme weather “Ingunn” hits the Norwegian coast during the afternoon. On Wednesday morning, it appears that Trøndelag and Nordland are likely to be the hardest hit. The strongest winds are expected to hit Trøndelag, Møre and Romsdal and Nordland on Wednesday evening and night into Thursday. This is how “Ingunn” hits the Norwegian coast. Photo: Meteorological Institute – There can be a lot of damage. That is what is the danger here, that life and health can be lost, and that it can simply be dangerous to be out in the worst of the wind, says county emergency manager at the State Administrator in Trøndelag, Dag Otto Skar. Moving the elderly to a care center Since the extreme weather warning came, counties and municipalities have been preparing. In the island municipality of Aukra on the Romsdal coast, three elderly people living at home who need a lot of care have been moved into the care centre. Helge Kjøll (KrF) is mayor of Aukra. In Aukra, the day center is also closed on Wednesdays. Photo: Roar Jonny Strøm / news – It is based on the condition they are in and that the care center has a unit. People don’t have that at home, says mayor Helge Kjøll (KrF). The elderly have been moved to the care center before the worst of the wind arrives. Photo: Bente Karin Raknes/Aukra municipality The municipality makes an ongoing assessment of whether they need to move more patients into the short-term ward. – We expect that those who have been brought in will be able to come home tomorrow, says Kjøll. In Molde, they are now also going through the list of patients living at home and assessing whether any of them need to go to an institution before the storm sets in. – A bit boring The weather forecast has also led to many schools being closed. At Spjelkavik primary school in Ålesund, there would normally have been 610 pupils today. Instead, they are only three children gathered in one classroom. The school does not have ordinary teaching, but is still open to students who need an offer. The principal at the school, Ingrid Svensen, has never experienced that the school has been closed due to predicted extreme weather before. The principal at Spjelkavik primary school, Ingrid Svensen, has never experienced the school being closed due to predicted extreme weather before. Photo: Øyvind Berge Sæbjørnsen / news – It’s good that it hasn’t been necessary before, she says. Tara Celin Leksen (8), Arthur Sunde Walderhaug (8) and Jens Sunde Walderhaug (6) are the only students who are at school today. – We draw, says Arthur. He is well into drawing a meteorite that destroys a house. Tara Celin Leksen (8), Jens Sunde Walderhaug (6) and Arthur Sunde Walderhaug (8) have a slightly different school day on Wednesday. Jens thinks it’s a bit funny that there are so few of them at school today, while Tara would prefer to have more to play with. Photo: Øyvind Berge Sæbjørnsen / news – I think that there are many houses that have been destroyed by storms. Little brother Jens is also at school today. He thinks it’s a bit funny that there are so few of them. Her school friend Tara doesn’t quite agree with that. – I think it’s a bit boring. None of my girl friends are here, she says. Tara Celin Leksen (8) thinks it’s a bit boring that not more of her friends are at school on Wednesday. Photo: Øyvind Berge Sæbjørnsen / news Teaching from home In Vestland, too, there are several schools and kindergartens that are closed. Teacher Lene Marie Lågeide depends on Måløybrua to get to and from work at Skram school. The bridge has already been closed several times today, and therefore the municipality has asked pupils and teachers to stay at home. – We have made a daily schedule, and then the teacher is available on Teams. We try to help as best we can through the computer, she says. Photo: Erling Wåge / Erling Wåge Since the kindergarten is closed, son Theon (5) is also at home and drawing. – Are you scared? – Scared and scared, you are a little worried and think of scenarios about what could happen. I think it’s going well, but maybe we’re a little scared, she says. These schools are closed on Wednesday Møre and Romsdal All secondary schools in Møre and Romsdal are closed. Plans are being made for online teaching. Sula municipality closes the schools, but they are still open for stays during the school term. After-school care and kindergartens are open as normal. Giske junior high school. There is still room for parents who need to have their children at school and after-school care to report to the municipality on Tuesday evening. The children’s and youth schools in Ålesund. There is still room for parents who need to have their children at school and after-school care to report to the municipality on Tuesday evening. Molde municipality closes all children’s and youth schools. The schools in Haram municipality are closing. The schools in Sunndal are closed because the school bus has been cancelled. The schools in Surnadal are closed due to canceled school transport. The schools in Tingvoll municipality are closed due to canceled school transport. The schools on Sandsøy and Kvamsøy in Sande are closed. Vartdal school in Ørsta is closed. The schools in Sula are closed. The schools in Sykkylven are closed. Vestland All schools and kindergartens in Måløy. Schools and kindergartens in the outer district of Stad municipality. All schools in Bremanger municipality except for the schools and kindergartens in Ålfoten and Davik. Updated 30.01.23, at 22.00. Must respect the warning The extreme warning from the meteorologists goes further north than first announced. Lofoten was first at the outer edge of the areas most affected by the extreme weather. Now, however, the danger warning for Lofoten has been upgraded from orange to red danger warning. – We are talking about a deterioration. Locally, there can be extreme wind gusts of 40-50 meters per second from 06:00 on Thursday until 11:00 in Lofoten, says on-duty meteorologist Jon Austrheim at the Weather Forecast for Northern Norway. The danger warning is also red for Helgeland, while it is orange for the rest of Nordland. At the same time, the danger warning for the coast of Nordfjord and Møre and Romsdal will be adjusted down to orange, says meteorologist Geir Ottar Fagerlid to news. The danger warning for inland areas of Møre and Romsdal and Nordfjord is downgraded to yellow level. Meteorologist Geir Ottar Fagerlid reminds everyone who has now had the danger warning adjusted down to still respect the forces of nature. – There will still be a hurricane near Stad, but slightly fewer areas where we expect a hurricane. Generally on the coast we expect strong storms. Towards the fjords, we expect wind gusts between 27 – 35 meters per second, which is a good force for the gusts, but it is defined as yellow level, he says. Shipping prepares for bad weather Shipping also prepares for bad weather. On the way from Kirkenes down towards Bergen, there was a stop in Trondheim for Havila Capella Fosnavåg. – We have decided to lie down in Trondheim. We will have three days here, and then we will go north again if “Ingunn” has left us, says captain, Brynjar Ulvøy. Brynjar Ulvøy is captain at Havila Capella Fosnavåg. Photo: Bjørn Alexander / news On the way south the wind was up to 43 m/s at Tjeldsund in Troms. – There was an unusually strong wind. – But as long as the sea is not too rough, we manage very well. After all, we take precautions and do not enter narrow waters when the tide is strong. If the wind is unstable it can get very nasty.
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Extreme weather “Ingunn” is on its way to the Norwegian coast – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
