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Extreme Snowfall Leaves 1,000 Vehicles Trapped On Swedish Road
Swedish authorities say people who got trapped in 1,000 vehicles in heavy snow for more than 24 hours have been evacuated. Rescuers worked through the night to free people stuck on the main E22 road in the Skane Area of southern Sweden. Many of those trapped were evacuated by rescue teams and told to return…
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Weird Hell Offering Chills, Thrills
The small village of Hell is located in Nord-Trøndelag County in Central Norway. Hell on Earth is currently home to around 1,500 people, and instead of burning in it, people tend to get chilly: In wintertime, temperatures can reach −13 °F (−25 °C). The village of Hell is quaint. There are your Scandinavian houses, healthy…
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Norway Calls Off Gas Strikes
Strikes which threatened to cut off most of the UK’s gas imports from Norway have been called off. The Norwegian labour ministry confirmed it had stepped in to end industrial action set for later this week. “Workers are going back to work as soon as possible. We are cancelling the planned escalation,” Lederne union leader…
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Norway Landslide: Houses Buried in Gjerdrum Village near Oslo
A landslide in a Norwegian village has injured 10 people, left 21 unaccounted for and buried houses under what looks like a huge slick of mud in a gully. About 500 people have been evacuated from the village of Gjerdrum, which lies some 25km (15 miles) north-east of the capital, Oslo. One person was seriously…
