– We have set a yellow alert this morning, and have called out extra crew, says Glitre Nett press contact, Audun Brekke Sandhaug. At around 5.50 pm, 9,400 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. A boat was about to sink outside Hisøy in Arendal this afternoon, but was rescued and towed to safety. Photo: Benedicte Goa Ludvigsen / news At 17.00 it was reported that two people were in the water outside Kristiansand around 100 meters on the outside of Sumatraveien in Kristiansand. Rescue boat, fire boat and resources from the emergency services were sent from the land side. It turned out that there were two free swimmers in rough seas, the police write. – They swim to shore and have been clearly informed that this is not the day to swim in rough seas without prior warning. An alarm was raised and resulted in a large withdrawal of resources in an otherwise hectic evening, reports the Agder police. 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. First winter at Harebakken in Arendal. Photo: Tom Nicolai Kolstad / news Svartavatnet in Saudafjellene. Photo: Per Inge Fjellheim Divorced due to bad weather at Møvig in KristiansandAt Møvig in Kristiansand. Photo: private The picture shows the National Road Administration’s webcam on fv421 near Haslestad in Arendal. Many woke up to snow on Friday 20 October. 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. Stay inside The police are asking people who are not allowed to be out on Friday night – to stay inside. – People must secure loose parts around them. But if you haven’t secured the boat yet, it’s too late now. More snow is expected tomorrow. If you haven’t changed to winter tyres, the police also have an appeal throughout the weekend. – If you have summer tyres, you should leave the car. This afternoon and evening there are strong gusts of wind in Agder. This will last until Saturday evening.
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The weather has consequences – over 9,000 without power in Agder – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
