– It has gone in one go. We have helped motorists who were stuck in the Banehei tunnel. And then we’ve been out to help people clear out cellars. The problem is sewage coming up, says Henry Bøhn, fire chief at Kristiansand fire service. He says the center has received 70 inquiries and by 8pm on Friday evening the fire service has helped 12. The basement of the police station and the Torgkvartalet shopping center – both in Kvadraturen in Kristiansand – have also received large amounts of water. The grocery store Meny had to close the store. Torrential rain has led to large amounts of water in Kristiansand, which has then turned into closed roads and floods. The police receive many reports from residents in Kristiansand about flooded basements, which they pass on to the fire service. The fire brigade in Kristiansand lays out hoses to pump out water from the basement under the police house, after heavy rain led to a lot of storm water on Friday afternoon. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB – We’ve had a real downpour in Kristiansand for the last hour and a half, said operations manager Linn Andresen in the Agder police district at 5pm on Friday. Didn’t notice water in the house until text message Hanna Aase says that the water rose quietly, while she was sitting at home in Lund in Kristiansand. She received a text message from the neighbor that said “Water in the basement.” She was first greeted by a peculiar smell of old things. Hanna Aase was sitting in her home office when she received a text message from her neighbor about water in the basement. Photo: Sigurd Schaathun / news – I came down to a view that I have not experienced after living in the same place for 25 years. It was a bit traumatic. I have now been waiting for two hours to draw water, says Hanna Aase. She has worked hard to save the things she owns, and especially furniture that she has inherited. By 6pm on Friday, close to 30 storm damage to homes and businesses had been received by the insurance company If. The damage figure is expected to rise beyond Friday evening and the next few days. It is primarily water that has penetrated into basements in the Kristiansand area that is affected, writes the insurance company If in a press release. According to If, some cars have also suffered water damage. Sigmund Clementz in IF damage insurance. Photo: IF Skadeforsikring – It usually takes some time before it is possible to get a good picture of how many damages such storms cause. There is always a backlog in the damage reports. At the same time, the storm is ongoing elsewhere along the coast, so there could be a lot of damage in several places, says communications manager Sigmund Clementz at If in a press release. He currently has no estimate of what the damages are in kroner and øre. Earlier today there was heavy rain over Rogaland and western parts of Agder. Mandal received 17.7 millimeters between 2 and 3 p.m. – There has been a lot of rainfall in the western part of the district. Flekkefjord, Farsund and Gyland, says operations manager Andresen. 60 millimeters in two hours A danger warning had been issued for the affected areas. Figures from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute show that 26.4 and 24.8 millimeters of rain respectively fell between 15-16 and 16-17 at the Dueknipen measuring station, which is approximately 500 meters away from the tunnel. State meteorologist Rafael Escobar Løvdahl Photo: Eivind Molde / news More rain has fallen on Holdalsnuten with 29.8 and 30.1 millimeters in the two hours the rain poured over Kristiansand from 15 to 17. Holdalsnuten is located on Gimlekollen, not far away either E18 in Kristiansand. The record is held by the Sømskleiva measuring station in Kristiansand, with 38.8 millimeters from 4 to 5 pm on Friday. The worst rainy weather has passed Kristiansand at 5pm. Follow Yr. – Heavy thunderstorms in Southern Norway today have produced a lot of rainfall in a short time. These are large drops that form when warm and moist air is quickly pushed up into the atmosphere. This type of rainfall can cause stormwater in densely built-up areas and local flooding, says state meteorologist Rafael Escobar Løvdal at the Meteorological Institute. The danger of closed roads, stormwater at streams and rivers and locally difficult driving conditions is not unusual with such amounts of rainfall in a short time, the state meteorologist states. The Norwegian record for torrential rain in Norway is from Tjøme on 29 July last year, when 78.5 millimeters fell in 60 minutes. The same event recorded 26.5 millimeters in 10 minutes. Closed E18 Parts of the Banehei tunnel, which leads the E18 through the center of Kristiansand, have also been flooded with water. – There are three fields in the tunnel. I’m coming from right field, and it’s complete chaos, says Olav Lam, who took this photo in the tunnel. Large amounts of water have arrived in Kristiansand after heavy rainfall. Here, a car stands in the Banehei tunnel surrounded by a lot of water. Photo: Tipser / news Vegtrafikksentralen Sør also reported water accumulation in the Oddernestunnel as a result of the rain. This has led to queues on the E18. The two tunnels are only separated by the Oddernesbrua, which crosses the river Otra in Kristiansand. Employees in Tønnesen shoe store in Torgkvartalet shopping center mop up water from the floor, after heavy rain caused flooding in several places in Kristiansand on Friday afternoon. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB Heavy rain led to a lot of storm water and traffic problems in the Banehei tunnel on the E18. High water level in Østre Ålefjærvei in Kristiansand. Motorist received help At 17.26, the road traffic center announced that they were closing the tunnel briefly. Viking had to assist a motorist who did not get on. An hour later, the road traffic center announced that the tunnel had been reopened. There has been large amounts of water in the western opening of the tunnel mouth. The police alerted the fire service to consider pumping out the water. – There is generally a lot of water on the road in Southern Norway. According to the weather forecast, it should calm down now. But we ask people to drive according to the conditions. There is a risk of aquaplaning, says Andresen.
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Large masses of water fill basements in Kristiansand – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
