Parts of northwestern Europe struggled on Wednesday to deal with the impact of the latest in a series of Atlantic storms that dumped rain or snow on already saturated ground, while northern Scandinavia saw extreme cold. In Portugal, a mass of polar air – which has already arrived in northern Portugal – promises to lower minimum temperatures across the entire continental region in the coming days, especially on Friday, January 5.
In northern France, rescue teams helped evacuate some areas by transporting residents from flooded homes in the city of Arces in the Pas-de-Calais region, an area that was flooded for the second time in two months after heavy rains. Further rainfall of between 20 to 40 mm is expected in the next few hours, and a red alert indicated that the Aa River, in northern France, was about to burst its banks.
Phrase Prevent from docking
“The first time, you think it was luck, but the second time, it starts to affect your morale and your wallet,” Arkes resident Anthony Reshvin said as he was being transported from his home. “You start thinking about the future.”
One Phrase She added that the ship, which was heading from Norway to Denmark with about 900 passengers on board, was unable to dock in Copenhagen due to the storm and was waiting for the winds to calm down, although it was expected that this would not happen before Thursday morning. DFDS shipping company.
In Norway, the city of Kristiansand in the south of the country announced the closure of schools and the cancellation of all public buses due to heavy snowfall.
Henk UK floods
The same particular storm Henk On both sides of the North Sea, storms and heavy rain brought to parts of England and Wales on Tuesday, causing power outages, disrupting train travel and forcing major roads to close due to flooding.
Trees were felled on roads and railways, killing a motorist in southwest England.
A 59-year-old woman died in Belgium's East Flanders province on Tuesday after crashing into a fence that came loose during a period of heavy rain in the country, local governor Karina Van Cauter said in a statement.
Water levels will remain high in some parts of Germany after heavy rain over the Christmas period, the German Meteorological Agency (DWD) has warned that rainfall will continue in some areas of Germany from 2 to 4 January 2024, which could worsen. the problem.
An arctic village with a temperature of -43 degrees
The Swedish Meteorological Office said the Arctic village of Kvikjuk recorded a nighttime temperature of -43.6 degrees Celsius, the coldest January in Sweden in 25 years.
In Lapland in northern Finland, a woman disappeared during a snowstorm while skiing on Tuesday and was found dead in an avalanche. Finnish police stated that the search for his son continues.
Sweden also experienced a drop in temperatures. In the village of Vitanji, in the municipality of Kiruna, northern Sweden, the morning temperature reached -38.9 degrees Celsius.
