Norway: Extra evacuations may very well be ordered after Storm Hans floods swamp properties and trigger energy cuts

Further evacuations are being thought of in Norway as flood waters proceed to swamp homes and coat automobiles with mud within the south east of the Nordic nation.

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Up to 2,000 individuals have already been moved away from their properties after days of torrential rain.

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Water ranges in swollen rivers and lakes proceed to develop.

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At least three individuals had been killed after Storm Hans battered northern Europe earlier this week, inflicting transport disruption, flooding and energy cuts.

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One of the worst-affected elements of Norway is the city of Honefossen, 25 miles north of Oslo, the place the Begna river burst its banks.

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Amid fears of landslides, authorities are contemplating transferring extra individuals downstream.

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Water ranges round Honefossen are anticipated to proceed to rise and stay excessive till not less than Monday, Ivar Berthling, from Norway's water assets and power directorate (NVE), informed Norwegian news company NTB.

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"We are still facing critical days," the Ringerike municipality, the place Honefossen lies, stated in an announcement.

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Further north, close to the Strondafjorden lake, the water degree was reported to be 8.2ft above regular.

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Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store was on account of go to Honefossen on Friday whereas King Harald and Queen Sonja will go to the headquarters of the NVE.

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The injury thus far might quantity to at least one billion kroner - nearly Β£78.5m.

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Thousands of Norwegians who personal cabins are being urged to not test on them.

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"We fully understand that many cabin owners are anxious about the cabin's condition after the ravages of the extreme weather, but we hope people will abstain now from making the trip just to check," Lars Aune of the National Police stated in an announcement.

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"This is to avoid unnecessary strain on exposed roads."

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