– It was very good that this did not happen when the students were there, says principal Morten Guttormsen at Asdal secondary school in Arendal to Agderposten. At this school, the roof over the arts and crafts department at the school collapsed during the night. The storm has also disrupted teaching at two other schools in Arendal. This applies to Sandnes school on Tromøy and at Nedenes school. Schools and kindergartens are also closed in Sirdal and Åseral due to of floods and roof damage. Water leakage in the classrooms Principal at Tromøy secondary school, Synnøve Solheim Pedersen, tells Agderposten that students who have come to the school will be sent home – Hi, there is heavy snow on the roof, there is water leakage in most classrooms from 5-7. steps. This means that it will be a home school and we have to send the pupils home”. No teaching for the students at the junior level at Asdal school in Arendal on Monday due to damage after the storm. Photo: Pål Tegnander / news At Asdal school, the damage probably happened sometime between midnight and 7 o’clock on Monday morning. In addition to the ceiling falling in the classrooms and now lying above the school desks, a water pipe also burst in the hallway outside. – This is just sad and sad, says Guttormsen to the newspaper. At Sandnes school, there is so much snow on the roof of the school building that they send home the pupils in grades 7-10. steps. There are children at Sandnes school The roof over the arts and crafts department at Asdal school has collapsed. Photo: Pål Tegnander / news Speeding and impassable roads The storm is also affecting school operations in Åseral. On the municipality’s website, it is stated that the school is closed due to flood. – No buses can run and several roads in Åseral are closed. Based on this, the school will be closed today, Monday, it says. In Sirdal, a message was already sent out to residents on Sunday that the storm is affecting the schools and kindergartens in the municipality. – Large amounts of rainfall have been forecast throughout Sirdal municipality. A high risk of landslides has been reported, level 4. The municipality further writes that they have decided that students in primary schools will be homeschooled and that the kindergartens in the municipality will be closed. Consequences of the weather at Agder Nedenes school is closed for grades 7-10, due to snow on the roof. Nedeneshallen is closed until further notice. Both Asdal school and Sandnes school on Tromøy closed parts of the schools. The E18 at Harebakken in Arendal, in the direction of Oslo, is closed due to a lot of storm water at the Torsbuås tunnel. Many roads are closed due to water in the roadway, avalanches or the risk of avalanches. Two snow falls over county road 41. There are four km between each fall. There are four cars between the races, no one is injured and it is not suspected that any cars have been caught in the races. The fire service last night had many assignments related to water in homes. There are now many ongoing assignments in Agder. On national highway 9 in Bykle, a bus has skidded off the road. A car then came and drove into it. No personal injury and minor material damage.
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Several schools close due to water leaks and collapsing roofs – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
