Large amounts of rain and strong winds characterized the night at Svalbard. The storm was forecast well in advance, and the residents in the most vulnerable areas were evacuated because of the danger of flooding and landslide.
because of The unusually mild temperature for the season has the heavy precipitation came as rain and not snow.
the Night has been wet and quite windy, about as the weather has been. What we are happy is that there has not been any events that have created problems either for us or the residents in Longyearbyen, says overbetjent Ole Jacob Malmo from the Governor to the PEOPLE.
140 residents, including 86 students were evacuated Monday. The governor of svalbard and Longyearbyen community council will have a new meeting with the NVE at. 09: 30 in the morning to assess the situation.
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