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[1/2] Storelv river flows through Hoenefoss Center as the extreme weather "Hans" is expected to cause significant water damage in the coming days, in Hoenefoss, Norway, August 9, 2023. NORWAY OUT. Strong winds, intense rain and landslides hit the Nordic region earlier this week, knocking out power lines and bringing public transport to a standstill. According to the institute, data shows that precipitation in Norway has increased by around 18% over the last 100 years, with the biggest rise taking place in the last 30-40 years. Jana Sillmann, a research director at the Oslo-based Centre for International Climate Research, said extreme weather events, such as the torrential rain seen this week, will be more frequent as the climate warms.

Persons: NTB, Annika Byrde, Read, Ingvild Villa, Jana Sillmann, heatwaves, El, Sillmann, Terje Solsvik, Christina Fincher Organizations: Center, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, International Climate Research, UN, El Nino, Thomson Locations: Hoenefoss, Norway, NORWAY, OSLO, Oslo, Sweden, Nordic

☆ Train derails and roads flood as Sweden, Norway hit by torrential rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view of passenger train which was carrying more than 100 passengers and derailed between Iggesund and Hudiksvall in Sweden, August 07, 2023. TT News Agency/Mats Andersson via REUTERSSTOCKHOLM, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Heavy rainfall drenched southern Scandinavia on Monday, causing a train to derail and roads to flood in what officials in Sweden and Norway warned could become the most extreme wet weather system to hit the region in decades. A train carrying more than 100 passengers derailed in eastern Sweden as the rain partly washed away the railway embankment, injuring three people who were taken to hospital, police said. "This is an effect of climate change, with wilder and wetter weather in Norway," Stoere told public broadcaster NRK. Reporting by Anna Ringstrom in Stockholm and Terje Solsvik in Oslo; Editing by Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mats Andersson, Gale, Hans, Jonas Gahr Stoere, wilder, Stoere, Anna Ringstrom, Terje Solsvik, Sharon Singleton Organizations: TT News Agency, REUTERS, Sweden, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway's, NRK, Thomson Locations: Iggesund, Hudiksvall, Sweden, REUTERS STOCKHOLM, Scandinavia, Norway, North, Denmark, Finland, Stockholm, Oslo

☆ U.K. saw hottest-ever year in 2022 as Europe’s climate warms
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON — Britain had its warmest year on record in 2022, official figures showed Thursday, the latest evidence that climate change is transforming Europe’s weather. The Met Office weather agency said the provisional annual average temperature in the U.K. was 10.03 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit), the highest since comparable records began in 1884. The previous record was 9.88 Celsius (49.8 Fahrenheit) set in 2014. France’s average temperature was above 14 Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) in 2022, making it the hottest year since weather readings began in 1900. The archipelago’s average temperature for June, July and August was 7.4 Celsius (45.3 Fahrenheit), the Norwegian Meteorological Institute said.

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