2024-01-31 12:26:02
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Atlantic coast of central Norway might experience the most powerful storm in three decades on Wednesday, authorities said, asking people not to leave home.
Hurricane-force winds are expected to hit the region as airlines and ferry services anticipated problems due to bad weather. Police warned that wind gusts might be between 126 and 180 kilometers per hour (78 and 112 miles per hour).
Named “Ingunn” by Norwegian meteorologists, the storm is expected to make landfall in the center of the country around midday on Wednesday, before continuing to move north on Thursday.
The storm is expected to hit the same place that was affected by a New Year’s hurricane in 1992, one of the most powerful phenomena in Norwegian history, the VG newspaper wrote.
Authorities activated a red alert, the highest level, for the area around the city of Trondheim, where strong winds were forecast on Wednesday. On the Lofoten Islands, further north on the Arctic coast, there was also a red alert.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was scheduled to return to Olso on Wednesday, Norwegian news agency NTB reported.
As of Wednesday morning, no flights had been canceled, but Catharina Solli, a spokeswoman for national airline Wideroe, said the situation was being “studied airport by airport,” NTB noted.
The police asked that people avoid going outside as much as possible and, if they do, be alert for possible objects that might fly away.
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