Several countries in Northern Europe have been dealing with the storm low for days Hans to fight. In Norway, roads had to be closed on Tuesday due to flooding and landslides. In the municipality of Molde, a road was blocked by a huge rock that had slid off a slope in front of a tunnel. More than 100 people were affected as several communities were evacuated.
The country’s meteorological institute assumes that the extreme weather will continue to bring large amounts of rain on Wednesday, especially in a larger area north of Oslo. In the past few days, the storm had first hit Sweden and shortly afterwards Norway.
Storm causes flooding near Oslo.
(Photo: IMAGO/Cornelius Poppe)
Near Hudiksvall, around 300 kilometers north of the Swedish capital Stockholm, two carriages of a passenger train derailed on Monday after the embankment gave way at the site due to heavy rain.
On Tuesday, the situation was particularly tense in the Swedish town of Åre after a stream burst its banks there during the night. Swedish radio recordings showed flooded streets. The police spoke of a lot of damage. In the city of Gothenburg, the area of the fishing port was also under water on Tuesday after the river Göta älv also burst its banks there.
Stormy weather in the Baltic States and northern Germany
Strong gusts of wind, hail showers and rain hit Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on Monday. Buildings and vehicles were damaged and trees were uprooted. A woman was killed by a falling tree in Lithuania, according to Lithuanian radio, citing the emergency services. According to media reports, thousands of households in Estonia and Latvia were temporarily without electricity. Farmers complained about considerable damage at the beginning of the harvest season.
While the storm is slowly weakening, it causes strong gusts of wind on the North Sea coast. The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of possible storm hazards in Schleswig-Holstein. Wind gusts of up to 75 kilometers per hour are expected on the coast of North Frisia and on Fehmarn on Wednesday morning. As a result, wind force nine is sometimes even reached. In the northern interior of the country, gusts of wind force seven can also be expected until the evening. The south of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg are not affected by the warnings according to the DWD forecast.