When the very strong wind came to Harstad on Thursday morning, parts of the roof came loose from the hospital in Harstad. – The helicopter landing pad at UNN Harstad is still closed. Today we are concentrating on securing work on the roof. We also clear the landing site so that the helicopter can use it. We can hopefully open during the morning. But we have to be sure that all loose parts have been removed, says operations manager Gina Johansen to news at 07.30 Friday morning. In the meantime, the helicopter landing pad at Stangnes, five kilometers away from the hospital, is being used. This is what it looked like on the helicopter landing pad at UNN Harstad on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Simen Loholt/iHarstad / NTB The hospital was on red alert for several hours, and the police cordoned off the area around the hospital. Neither staff nor patients were allowed to leave the hospital while the weather was at its worst. Worked late into the night Approximately 800 square meters of a total of 1,600 of the roof disappeared in the wind. The remains of the roof were strewn about in the area around the hospital. – The damage is extensive. We have had personnel at work late into the night to clean and secure the roof. Today, our main focus is on surveying damage and securing the building so that we avoid consequential damage, says the operations manager. Had to spend the night at the airport Air traffic in northern Norway has also been affected by the storm. At Tromsø Airport, many passengers had to spend the night due to canceled and postponed flights. On Friday morning, several planes are in the air again, but there are still many passengers waiting to get off. – I have never experienced so many people being stranded at the airport, says airport manager Ivar Helsing Schrøen to news. The following departures have been postponed and canceled in Tromsø: 06:15 Oslo – New time 12:10 08:15 – Oslo – Canceled 08:20 Lakselv – New time 11:40 08:30 Bodø – New time 09:00 08:30 Stokmarknes – New time 09:00 09:05 Paris – New time 09:50 09:10 Helsinki – Canceled 09:25 Oslo – New time 10:40 10:20 Bodø – New time 10:30 Check avinor.no Extensive data breach Norwegian health network had two ongoing errors on the very important data lines between the hospitals in Tromsø and Bodø on Thursday. They operate the services helsenorge.no, core journal and e-prescription. Two out of three available routing paths for data were out of service – probably due to the storm. One of the errors was repaired on Thursday. Correction of the last error takes place on Friday. This means that two out of three data lines are in operation. Roads are still closed in Troms. Several villages isolated – We have several county roads that are closed after the storm. Right now, the European roads and national roads are open in Troms, says Håvard Langmo at the Vegtrafiksentalen to news. On Friday morning, several villages were still isolated. Yttre Aune north of Harstad, the village of Å south of Senja and Tamokdalen are among the villages that have not yet had their main road opened. – We ask people to be patient and follow the Road Administration’s traffic announcements, says Langmo.
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UNN Harstad still hit after “Ingunn” – news Troms and Finnmark
