Earlier, the police started evacuating people living along the river.
Norwegian in the eastern part, the dam of the Braskereidfoss hydropower plant partially broke on Wednesday. The water masses took the railings of the dam with them and swept over the power plant and the parking lot, he says Norwegian magazine VG.
Norwegian of the public broadcasting company NRK according to the breaking of the dam has caused great damage. Houses near the power plant have been evacuated and according to VG, the flow of water is not under control.
Mayor of Våler Anniken Baksjøberget told VG on Wednesday early evening that the “most dramatic part” of the situation is over and the situation is under control.
The power went out at the power plant earlier on Wednesday and the plant’s floodgates did not open properly. The water raised by the Hans storm began to flood over the dam.
Power plant the units have been out of action since Wednesday morning due to a network error.
The police earlier started evacuating people living along the river in cooperation with the municipality of Våler, the Innlandet police district told NRK. VG reported that ten to fifteen houses have been evacuated.
According to Baksjøberget, it is not certain whether the evacuated households will still be able to return to their homes on Wednesday.
The power plant previously considered blowing up the hatches to release the water. Blasting is no longer necessary, because with the partial collapse of the dam, the water flows steadily from the artificial lake, says Baksjøberget.
The police previously received help in the assessment from the bomb squad and the Norwegian Defense Forces.
The Braskereidfoss hydroelectric dam broke in Norway.
The wooden cabin floated in the floodwaters near the Braskreidfoss power plant.
The Hans storm because of this, around 2,000 people have had to be evacuated in different parts of Norway, says the Norwegian public radio company NRK.
Most of them, around 800 people, have been evacuated in the town of Hønefoss, which is located northwest of the capital Oslo.
Storm Hans has been raging around Norway for the past few days, destroying buildings and infrastructure.
Norway’s water and energy agency NVE says that rain is still expected in Norway on Wednesday. After Wednesday afternoon, the rain should recede.
Reuters according to the rivers in Norway flooded worse than at any time in the last 50 years. People’s homes and businesses have sunk or been swept away by landslides.
In southern Norway, main streets have been closed and train connections have been cancelled, as the rivers have overflowed their banks.
A red flood warning has been issued in the city of Drammen and the municipality of Øvre Eiker, indicating the highest level of danger, says Norwegian magazine VG.
According to public broadcaster NRK extensive flooding, movement of material detached from the soil and damage to buildings and infrastructure can be expected in the areas.
Floodwaters continue to rise in the Great Lakes and the rivers that flow from them.
For some rivers, similar heights have never been seen before, says the flood watcher Erik Holmqvist.
In the county of Innlandet, people have been isolated in the middle of the floods, and the rescue authorities may not be able to reach those in need, reports Reuters.
“We are in a national emergency,” says Innlandet’s major Aud Hove.