The matter in summary: Very slippery roads and traffic accidents: Many people travel home on Boxing Day, and there are reports of very slippery roads and several traffic accidents – especially in Western Norway. Traffic operator in the National Roads Administration, Hans Are Dahl, warns of increased danger and encourages people to drive carefully. Traffic incidents: Several accidents have been reported. Be aware and allow extra time when travelling. Air traffic: For now, air traffic seems to be going well, with some small delays at Oslo Airport and Flesland in Bergen. Weather forecast and danger warnings: The meteorologists are warning of a lot of snow in several places in the country in the next 24 hours. Yellow warning for Nordfjord, Møre and Romsdal, and southern Trøndelag. Locally difficult driving conditions, snowpack in the mountains and strong gusts of wind are expected, especially in Rogaland and Vestland where the gusts are locally expected to be between 33 and 42 meters per second. People are encouraged to follow weather forecasts closely over the next few days. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – There are probably some who are going to work tomorrow, which means that some choose to go home today. That’s what Hans Are Dahl, who is a traffic operator in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, says. He says that road users must be especially careful in the afternoon and evening. – We will probably see people start to move home from 1pm on the main roads. It can be smart to check the weather forecast for the area you will be driving in. – Calculate plenty of time and take it easy. There is no reason to rush home, says Dahl. In this case, you can read about: “A little wind and jagged snow in the way. Use emergency flashers for visibility,” writes Birgitte Sørheim on the Facebook group “Warnings for rv. 7 Hardangervidda”. She drove there at 1 p.m. Photo: Birgitte Sørheim At 12 o’clock on Tuesday, reports of accidents on the country’s roads began to pour in, most of them in Western Norway. A car with four people has driven off the road at Hjørungvåg in Hareid, the police report at 2pm. It is winter conditions and slippery at the site, says Jens Dahl in the police. He encourages road users to drive calmly. On the E39 in Fitjar, a car drove off the road this morning and hit a lamppost. The police stated that it was very slippery in the area. There should be no question of serious personal injuries. Two cars were involved in a traffic accident near Børkje in Sveio at 12 noon. One car ended up on its roof. No one should be injured. – It is very slippery on the spot and the traffic is slow, the police wrote on X. On the E39 at Litleneset just east of Ålhus in Sunnfjord, a car drove into the ditch at 1.30pm. There were long queues in both directions, Vegtrafikksentralen west reported. At 3pm, five cars were involved in an accident on the E18 between Arendal and Grimstad. According to operations manager Øyvind Hægeland, two people have been taken by ambulance to the hospital in Arendal. Six of those involved are completely unharmed. At 4 p.m., the police report that the road is open at Tingtveit. ON THE ROOF: Two cars have been involved in a traffic accident on Tittelsnesvegen in Sveio. One car has ended up on its roof. It is very slippery on the spot and the traffic is slow. The Swedish Road Administration advises you to drive carefully if you are going to be on the roads on Boxing Day. Photo: Tor Andre Johannessen Due to bad weather, convoy driving has been introduced on national highway 7 over Hardangervidda for all vehicles, reports Vegtrafikksentralen west. E39 in Viggjatunnelen in Skaun in Trøndelag is closed, and will not open tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. This is confirmed by traffic operator Andreas Johansen at the Traffic Center in Central Norway to news. The reason is a traffic accident. Detour is signposted. – Calculate plenty of time, and keep an eye on yr.no and news radio, is the advice from traffic operator Erlend Nilsen at the Road Traffic Center in Midt-Norway. For the time being, air traffic seems to be going well. At Trondheim Airport Værnes, it seems to be going well on Boxing Day. Only one flight is delayed on Tuesday morning. Photo: Sofia Kiønig Pigs obstructed Christmas traffic But it’s not just us road users who are on the roads on Tuesday. The police in Bergen went to a roundabout in Vågsbotn in Åsane, where two small black pigs are causing problems for the Christmas traffic on the E39. – It has been reported that there will be some traffic problems when cars slow down/stop for them. A patrol in the area tried to locate the pigs and find out who owns them, the police write on X. They received a report about the two pigs at 10.27am. In the next 24 hours, a lot of snow is expected in several places in the country. The meteorologists have issued a yellow warning for Nordfjord, Møre and Romsdal and southern Trøndelag. In the inland areas, 10 to 30 cm is expected in 24 hours. More snow is expected in the mountains. In outer regions, 5 to 20 cm of snow can locally fall in 24 hours. From Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning, a lot of wind, snow showers and heavy snow drifts are expected in northern parts of the mountains in southern Norway. This is reported by the meteorologists at X. Photo: screenshot/meteorologists In Nordland, snow showers can turn into sleet towards evening, and strong gales are expected on the coast. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute warns of a danger warning for snow at yellow level in parts of the county. The warning applies from 19:00 tonight at 19:00 on Wednesday. Less rainfall is expected in Troms and Finnmark, but it will also be windy here, meteorologist Dina Stabell tells news. – In the areas where we have danger warnings, we expect the biggest problems today. It is also windy in the area where the snow warning is out, so there may be difficult driving conditions, says Stabell. Locally very strong gusts of wind from the east-southeast are expected in parts of Rogaland and Vestland. Wind gusts are locally expected to be between 33 and 42 meters per second. An orange warning has been issued. The storm, which is expected to last from the third to the fourth day of Christmas, will hit Bergen, Voss and Stavanger, among other places, according to varsom.no. A meteorologist has warned the state administrator in Rogaland that the direction of the wind could have greater consequences than storm Pia. – It is important to be aware that the opposite wind direction can lead to greater or different consequences than last time. There can be very strong gusts of 33-42 m/s from the east-southeast, and strong storms in the mountains in some places, the meteorologists report. Photo: Screen image/meteorologists The State Administrator in Rogaland writes that the wind can lead to an unstable power supply, great risk of consequences for flights and boat trips. Bridges may be closed, and trees may fall over roadways. Strong winds are also reported in inner Agder.
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The big homecoming day on Christmas Day will probably affect the traffic picture in large parts of the country – news Vestland
