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Local Norway
05-08-2025
- Climate
- Local Norway
Storm Floris lashes Norway: Transport hit as public warned to avoid travel
Packing wind gusts of up to 35 meters per second, the storm will hit Rogaland, Sunnhordland, and Agder. "The strongest gusts are expected along the coast and in the mountains," state meteorologist Alexander Skeltved told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( NRK ). High waves are also expected along the coast and into some fjords, he said. The heaviest rainfall is expected first in the southern parts of Western Norway, where a yellow warning has been issued with between 80 and 120 mm of rain within 24 hours. The storm had an impact on flights with a SAS flight from Copenhagen to Kristiansand and the return flight both cancelled. The dangerous conditions forced widespread ferry cancellations. All Fjord Line departures on Tuesday were cancelled, impacting thousands of passengers. Operator Color Line cancelled all Tuesday departures between Norway and Denmark due to the storm, the company's head of communications, Erik Brynhildsbakken, told Norwegian media VG yesterday evening. The cancellations affect a total of eight crossings between Hirtshals in Denmark and Norwegian ports Kristiansand and Larvik. Just over 8,500 passengers will be affected by the cancellations, Brynhildsbakken told VG. 'We can't do much about the weather, so we had to adjust to Floris,' he said. Residents in affected areas are urged to stay indoors, avoid unnecessary travel, and monitor further weather updates on as the storm system moves north. Advertisement In addition to the weather forecast, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has issued yellow warnings for both floods and landslides for parts of Western Norway, Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet. The consequence may be local flooding and erosion damage in streams and rivers. By Tuesday afternoon the worst of the storm had passed, although strong gusts of wind may still occur during the day in western Norway, Agder and the Oslofjord, meteorologist Tone Christin Thaule of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute told news agency NTB. 'The low-pressure system has now made landfall northwest of Bergen and is therefore calming down, but we still expect quite a bit of wind until this evening,' she said.
Perth Now
30-06-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Thousands in Norway fooled by major lottery error
Thousands of Norwegians were ecstatic to receive notifications from the country's state-owned lottery company telling them they had just become millionaires – only for them to later discover it was a mistake. The country's government-owned Norsk Tipping said a 'manual error' resulted in customers being wrongly informed on Friday that that they had won 'excessively high prizes'. According to local news outlets, the company believes 'several thousand' people who won prizes in the Eurojackpot had been notified of incorrect amounts. It declined to confirm the exact number of people impacted by the error. Norsk Tipping is the main lottery company in the country, and is owned by the Norwegian government. Credit: Supplied The mistake stemmed from a conversion error when winnings in Euros, which the company receives from Germany, were converted to Norwegian kroner. Norsk Tipping has said the prize totals were multiplied by 100 instead of divided by 100. One woman in the middle of a renovation project told Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation that she received a notification she had won 1.2 million kroner ($182,000) but instead received only a small fraction of that sum. Norsk Tipping chief executive Tonje Sagstuen released a statement on Saturday to address the company's blunder. Norsk Tipping CEO Tonje Sagstuen issued a statement on her company's error. Credit: Supplied 'I am terribly sorry that we have disappointed so many, and I understand that people are angry with us,' she said. 'I have received many messages from people who had managed to make plans for holidays, buying an apartment or renovating before they realised that the amount was wrong. 'To them I can only say sorry, but I understand that it is a small consolation,' she said, adding that the mistake was a 'breach of trust' for consumers. On Sunday, the Norsk Tipping board held an emergency meeting with the Norwegian Government's Ministry of Culture, which ended with Ms Sagstuen stepping down from the company. The Norwegian government's Minister of Culture and Equality met with Norsk Tipping on Sunday and issued a statement on the mistake. Credit: Supplied Norway's Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery criticised the company after the meeting, saying that 'such mistakes should not happen'. 'We expect their board to work actively to improve the control routines,' she said. Norsk Tipping is investigating the incident.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
A man in Norway woke up to find a huge container ship had run aground and crashed into his front garden. The 135m-ship (443ft) missed Johan Helberg's house by metres at about 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. Mr Helberg was only alerted to the commotion by his panicked neighbour who had watched the ship as it headed straight for shore, in Byneset, near Trondheim. "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Mr Helberg told television channel TV2. "I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship," he added, in an interview with the Guardian. "I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal." "Five metres further south and it would have entered the bedroom," he added to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. "I didn't hear anything." Neighbour Jostein Jorgensen said he was woken by the sound of the ship as it headed at full speed towards land, and ran to Mr Helberg's house. "I was sure that he was already outside, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the doorbell many times and nothing," said Mr Jorgensen. "And it was only when I called him on the phone that I managed to contact him," he told TV2. The Cypriot-flagged cargo ship, the NCL Salten, had 16 people on board and was travelling south-west through the Trondheim Fjord to Orkanger when it went off course. No-one was injured in the incident. It is not known what caused the crash and Norwegian police are said to be investigating. "It's a very bulky new neighbour but it will soon go away," Mr Helberg added. The head of NCL, which chartered the ship, said it was a "serious incident" and "we are grateful that nobody was injured". "At present time, we do not know what caused the incident and are awaiting the conclusion of the ongoing investigation by the relevant authorities," said managing director Bente Hetland. According to reports, the ship had previously run aground in 2023 but got free under its own power.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man Awakes to Find a Giant Cargo Ship in His Backyard
A Norwegian man who lives by the coast was 'astonished' to discover an enormous cargo ship in his backyard after it ran aground in the early hours of the morning. The 443-foot vessel smashed into the shoreline just yards from Johan Helberg's house at around 5 a.m. on Thursday. Helberg slept soundly through the incident, oblivious to the chaos outside. He was only alerted to the disaster after a panicked neighbor who had witnessed the crash rang his doorbell 'at a time of day when I don't like to open,' to check if he was ok. 'I didn't hear anything. I was sleeping seven metres (22ft) from the bow,' Helberg told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 'I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship,' he later told The Guardian. 'I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal.' He added: 'It was lucky that it went ashore there. Five metres further south, and it would have entered the bedroom. And that wouldn't have been particularly pleasant.' Helberg's neighbor Jostein Jorgensen said he awoke to see the ship heading directly into the shore. 'I went out and called and shouted and whistled without anything happening,' he told local outlet TV2, before rushing to his neighbor's house. 'I was sure that he was already outside, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the doorbell many times and nothing,' Jorgensen said. 'And it was only when I called him on the phone that I managed to contact him.' The NCL Salten had 16 people on board and was bound for Cyprus before it ran aground. The vessel was traveling southwest through the Trondheim Fjord to Orkanger before it veered off course. Nobody was injured during the accident, and Norwegian police are investigating the cause of the crash. A potential suspect has been identified, although authorities have ruled out drugs or alcohol as a reason for the error. The head of shipping company NCL, which chartered the ship, said the incident was a 'very serious error' and expressed relief that nobody was hurt. 'There was no reason to believe this was intentional,' NCL executive Bente Hetland said in a statement. 'Incidents like this should not happen, and we have started an investigation into the causes. Today, we are relieved that there were no injuries, and our main focus is on the people near the ship and our crew.' A first attempt to remove the ship on Thursday failed, and a second attempt will be made at high tide. The cargo ship had run aground once before, in 2023, when it floated free without external help.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
A man in Norway woke up to find a huge container ship had run aground and crashed into his front garden. The 135m-ship (443ft) missed Johan Helberg's house by metres at about 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. Mr Helberg was only alerted to the commotion by his panicked neighbour who had watched the ship as it headed straight for shore, in Byneset, near Trondheim. "The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Mr Helberg told television channel TV2. "I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship," he added, in an interview with the Guardian. "I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal." "Five metres further south and it would have entered the bedroom," he added to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. "I didn't hear anything." Neighbour Jostein Jorgensen said he was woken by the sound of the ship as it headed at full speed towards land, and ran to Mr Helberg's house. "I was sure that he was already outside, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the doorbell many times and nothing," said Mr Jorgensen. "And it was only when I called him on the phone that I managed to contact him," he told TV2. The Cypriot-flagged cargo ship, the NCL Salten, had 16 people on board and was travelling south-west through the Trondheim Fjord to Orkanger when it went off course. No-one was injured in the incident. It is not known what caused the crash and Norwegian police are said to be investigating. "It's a very bulky new neighbour but it will soon go away," Mr Helberg added. The head of NCL, which chartered the ship, said it was a "serious incident" and "we are grateful that nobody was injured". "At present time, we do not know what caused the incident and are awaiting the conclusion of the ongoing investigation by the relevant authorities," said managing director Bente Hetland. According to reports, the ship had previously run aground in 2023 but got free under its own power.
