Overall Green Flood
in Norway, Sweden

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102170
Death: 0
Displaced: 250
Countries: Norway, Sweden
From - To 06 Aug - 08 Aug

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Storm Hans, Norway and Sweden, Early August 2023A low-pressure system brought heavy rain to parts of Sweden and Norway from 06 August 2023. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute named the system Storm Hans. Sweden
  • Authorities reported flooding in Åre in Åre municipality, Jämtland county early on 08 August 2023.
  • Several roads were closed and were likely to remain so for some time.
  • A train carrying 100 passengers was derailed after heavy rain washed away a railway embankment near Hudiksvall in Hälsingland, Gävleborg County.
  • Two people were injured. Streets were flooded in Malmö, disrupting traffic.
Norway
  • Authorities warned of high levels of the Akerselva (also Akerselven) river which flows through Oslo.
  • Some flooding was reported as of 08 August, disrupting rail services.
  • Several cars were submerged in a car park in Ås municipality, 30 km south of Oslo.
  • A young person had to be rescued after being swept away in a flooded creek in Jevnaker.
  • Several landslides occurred in the municipality of Molde in western Norway on 06 August. Around 15 houses were affected and around 30 evacuated. Two people were injured.
  • A landslide also occurred near Adalsveien, 50 km south of Oslo. Residents affected by the landslide were evacuated.
  • Stretches of E7 highway were flooded in Nesbyen, where houses evacuated.
  • A large landslide has occurred in the area of ??the E16 highway west of Fagernes.
  • Around 64 people were evacuated in Leirsund in Lillestrøm.
  • Around 30 households close to the swollen Lena River in Østre Toten municipality were evacuated.
Tue 8 Aug 2023Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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