
After several days of heavy flooding in Norway, the hydroelectric dam on the Norwegian river Gloma partially collapsed today. Local television showed water pouring through cracks in the dam's structure, Reuters reported.
More than 600 people have been evacuated in the region north of the capital Oslo after heavy rain triggered landslides in mountainous southern Norway, Norwegian police said earlier today.
The Norwegian Water Resources Directorate has issued a red weather alert for flooding and landslides in areas in southern Norway, and meteorologists have issued the highest level warning for extremely heavy rainfall.
Thousands of people were left without power in southern Norway after storm Hans, accompanied by heavy rain, lashed parts of Scandinavia and the Baltics for several days, resulting in overflowing rivers and damage to roads, the AP reported earlier.
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