NVE has today issued an orange flood warning for the mountain areas in Nordland and Troms. The reason is the high temperatures in the area. – This applies to the mountain areas where there is enough snow left for the snowmelt to provide so much water, says Seija Stenius at the flood warning at NVE. On Tuesday, record heat was reported in large parts of northern Norway. In Tromsø, the old heat record from 1974 was exceeded by 0.7 degrees when the degree showed 30.2 degrees. On Wednesday, precipitation and thunder are expected in several places in the north. The footbridge that helps people and animals across the Kåfjord river at Ankerlia must find another route right now. For it is taken by the river. Photo: Britt-Margrethe Pedersen There will not be much dribbling and scoring on the football field in the next few days. Photo: Britt-Margrethe Pedersen Kåfjordelva is not the place you should go to now to swim. Photo: Britt-Margrethe Pedersen Underwater football pitch – It is sad to see that the pitch is full of water. The acting mayor of Kåfjord municipality, Britt Pedersen, tells about the local football field which has now become part of the river bank. Also in Kåfjord, the temperatures must have dropped 30 degrees on Tuesday. Not since 1960 has it been so hot in the area. This has led to a lot of snowmelt and water flow in the Kåfjord river. The mayor is happy that they did not have to evacuate the residents near the river on Tuesday. Now the municipality is trying to divert the water from the football field. Mayor of Kåfjord municipality, Britt-Margrethe Pedersen and emergency manager Karin Karlsen at the flooded football field. Photo: private – We hope the water does not rise again as it did then, Pedersen says. The municipality has an emergency meeting on Wednesday where various measures will be considered. It is still uncertain how large the material damage is. – It is not certain we know everything before the flood is stopped. Heavy melting In northern Norway, it is especially the mountain areas from the south of Nordland to Troms that are exposed to floods. Several observations have been made of orange danger levels in the watercourses around Salfjellet, where there is a high water flow. It is especially the mountain areas in Nordland and Troms that now have orange flood warnings. Graphics: varsom.no – It has melted more strongly than we had expected. It is not the whole area, but spread over all fields that have a lot of snow left and where there is high melting are potentially exposed, says Stenius. The hinterland also has an orange danger warning, where high water flow has been reported in Gudbrandsdalslågen. But she says the water has started to sink there.
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