Week 10 : Extreme Weather in Norway
Extreme weather is no stranger in the country of Norway. Floods, hurricanes, and avalanches, to name a few are some of the worst climate-related extremes in this nation. In recent times, some major events that have been recorded are the 1992 hurricane in northwest Norway and the 1995 major flood in eastern Norway.
The New Year's Day Storm was a hurricane that not only took over western Norway but northern Scotland as well on January 1, 1992. Being the most cataclysmic storm in Norwegian history, tens of thousands of buildings were damaged as well as large areas of forests. Over 230 million dollars of damage was reported to have been done by this hurricane.
1995 was an intensive year for Norway of major flooding, causing incredible damage and being the largest flood within the last 200 years! The heating of the country had an effect on the snowmelt from their mountains, leading to runoffs that filled lakes and overwhelmed the reservoirs. Improvements that have been offered by Norway's commission are as follows: The increased quality of data from meteorological and hydrological models and improvements in hydropower companies as well as water management corporations as well as improvements in weather forecasts and warnings in Norway.
Sources
https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/metadata/portals/adapting-to-extreme-weather-in-norwegian-municipalities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_New_Year%27s_Day_Storm#/media/File:New_Year_Hurricane_1992.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_New_Year%27s_Day_Storm#Norway
https://floodlist.com/europe/norway-record-rain-causes-flooding-in-south
http://hydrologie.org/redbooks/a239/iahs_239_0245.pdf
Being a nation that is surrounded by water, it is no surprise that hurricanes can cause so much damage. That is crazy how one hurricane could cause $230 million in damages! Similarly to Norway, Argentina is also seeing a warming of the country which is having some downstream affects, especially related to the agricultural business. It is important for people to be warned of possible extreme weather so that they have time to prepare.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great post. That does not sound like a great way to start the year off. I had not thought to see the cost of the damage caused by the disaster in my country but 230 million sounds like an awful lot. The only thing you could have elaborated on is the mitigation and relief effort. Otherwise, great job, I'll have to check out your other posts for more about Norway.
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