Snow chaos in Northern Norway. Married couple shoveled snow for 15 hours
Large amounts of snow led to chaos and closed roads in northern Norway. Now the worst seems to be over.
Large amounts of snow have fallen in Northern Norway during the night to Friday.
– During the night, a polar low pressure has hit land, and the center is directly above Senja, writes the Institute of Meteorology at Twitter.
The snow chaos has created major challenges for motorists and plow crews in the north. Now the worst seems to be over.
– It is quieter now. We don’t get that many inquiries now, says Jannike Sandstrak, traffic operator at the Swedish Road Traffic Center to Aftenposten.
All roads must now be open, she says.
– There have been some exits and minor accidents. But it has largely gone very well with everyone, she says.
Shoveled snow for 15 hours
The storm has particularly affected the local population in Senja. Several kindergartens and schools have remained closed, writes NRK.
The married couple Odd Arne Paulsen and Siv Bente Paulsen from Finnsnes have been shoveling snow since 7 o’clock this morning. When Aftenposten calls Siv at 9 p.m., she is still in the middle of shoveling snow.
We call her husband.
– Now the road in the courtyard is starting to open up, says Odd Arne Paulsen to Aftenposten.
He says they have never experienced anything like this before.
– We are finished now, but the wife is helping the daughter to get her car out. She lives some distance away, he says.
Local snow depths of over one metre
Meteorologist Susana Reuder confirms to NTB that the worst snowy weather will remain in northern Norway.
– The latest forecast shows that it is northern Nordland and southern Troms that will be exposed to the strongest winds, she says.
It is Nordland that has had the lead in the most snow depth in the last 24 hours. Reuder says the stations south of Andøya and north of Mosjøen are the ones that have measured the most snow.
– Locally, there has been between half and a little over a meter of snow. The area in the center of the polar low pressure does not receive precipitation. In return, the surrounding areas are affected by large amounts of strong wind and snow.