Thursday, August 7, 2014

Police ber people forlate Vigrestad – Aftenbladet.no

Police ber people forlate Vigrestad – Aftenbladet.no

Vigrestad in South Jæren ruler storm and flood chaos Thursday. The police asked residents to leave Vigrestad center of attention to people’s safety, a call that was upheld when Eve magazine talked to people in the Ha municipality at 13 o’clock.

– There is major damage to the roads here, so it looks out that the perimeter of Vigrestad center currently being maintained, said operations manager Kristian Oftedal in Ha municipality to Eve magazine.

Earlier today, residents in residential and care center in Gjegnet evacuated, and both Ogna and Varhaug school was the reports of flooding after the rainstorm last night. Several nurseries will also be affected, and the main traffic artery of Jæren county 44 was completely closed for a while. It is now open for the required traffic.

fire department has recorded over 50 reports of flooding in private houses and other buildings in Ha.

– I commuted this stretch for 20 years and never experienced before, says Even the magazine journalist Arnt Olav Klippenberg by phone from Vigrestad.

– Police asking people to leave Vigrestad center. There are holes in the road can be dangerous, either because manhole covers are washed away or because floodwaters have taken the road continues Klippenberg.

– How does the situation?

– The rain is pouring down, and the rivers flowing everywhere, he says.

Although the most powerful squalls has hit southern Jæren, the morning was also driving rain further north. But Bryne there no reports of significant flooding events, according to Time-sheriff Arild Oftedal. But we are closely monitoring the situation closely beyond, says Oftedal

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