– We have set a yellow alert this morning, and have called out extra crew, says Glitre Nett press contact, Audun Brekke Sandhaug. At around 5.20 pm, 7,000 electricity customers were without power. He says that the company is continuously working to fix the errors that have occurred around Agder. – The focus is completely on correcting mistakes, but if it becomes too dangerous for the fitters, we may have to wait until the wind has died down a bit. This is what the power map looked like at 5:36 p.m. Photo: Screenshot Flowing in with cases On duty at the police in Agder, operations manager Jon Repstad says that they are unable to take away all the phones because of the storm. – There is no ill will, but there is an influx of cases to us. In the center of Kristiansand, several solar panels have blown down from the roof of Handelens hus in the center of Kristiansand. The police have closed off an entire block. – No injuries have yet been reported, but several cars have been hit by the panels. The police have otherwise received many reports of boats crashing and trees falling over cycle paths. Strong wind An orange danger warning has been issued for very strong gusts of wind in parts of Agder and inland areas of Rogaland and Vestland. The warning lasts until late Saturday afternoon. – The peaks of the storm will vary. In some places they will arrive in the evening or at night, in other places during Saturday morning or early morning, says state meteorologist Geir Ottar Fagerlid. There is strong wind in Agder on Friday afternoon. Here from Hisøy in Arendal. Photo: Espen Bierud / news Leave the car parked The police ask people who have not changed to winter tires on their car to leave the car parked. – At least if you are somewhere in the district where a lot of snow has fallen, as it has in eastern Agder. If you have summer tyres, you should leave the car, says task manager Daniel Lio Henriksen in the Agder police district. This afternoon and evening there are strong gusts of wind in Agder. This will last until Saturday evening. The storm closes the road Between Setesdal and Sirdal, county road 450 Brokke-Skuleskard is closed due to the weather. – WE are primarily closing due to strong winds. It will be difficult driving conditions and therefore we have chosen to close, says section manager for operations in Agder county municipality, Rolf Ove Lunden.
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The weather has consequences – almost 7,000 without electricity in Agder – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
