06-03-2025
Thousands in central and western Norway isolated or without power due to storm
A red danger warning for flooding was still in place for western Norway on Thursday after a storm battered parts of Vestland, Møre and Romsdal and Trøndelag.
'The rain has now subsided, but the danger warning is still in effect. We are monitoring the situation continuously and have crews out,' Monica Øksengård at the road traffic control centre for western Norway told Norwegian newswire NTB.
An orange weather warning was issued for wind in Trøndelag on Thursday, and gusts of up to 144 kilometres per hour were expected.
More than 20,000 energy customers in Trøndelag were left without power on Thursday morning.
'It is due to the weather, strong winds that are still ongoing and that are affecting the power supply in large parts of the old Nord-Trøndelag [region],' Ingvild Asp at the energy firm Tensio told the newspaper Adresseavisen.
Asp warned that it could take time to restore power to some of the areas affected by outages.'
Around 50 roads were closed on Thursday morning, and the Norwegian Roads Administration asked motorists to consider whether journeys were necessary.
Road closures and landslides left several thousand people in Ullensvang, Sogndal, Luster and Molde isolated.
Express boats and ferries in Trøndelag have all been docked due to the weather.
