STORY: Storm Hans batters Norway
DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:07
LOCATION: Oslo
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Oslo Central Station
2. various of several trains cancelled in Oslo Central Station
3. various of Aker River in downtown Oslo
 
STORYLINE:
 
Storm "Hans" has been battering Norway since Monday, resulting in over 4,000 reports of damages to properties. According to the Norwegian Nature Damage Pool and Finans Norge, the organization for compensation for natural disasters in Norway, the destruction could cost an estimated 900 million Norwegian kroner (about 88.2 million U.S. dollars).
 
With 114 county roads and many national roads inaccessible due to flooding and landslides, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has deployed a national emergency response team to the most-affected areas, especially Innlandet.
 
The storm has led to wide-scale evacuations, with 13 people evacuated in Lillestrom after a landslide, and over 2,000 residents moved in Viken due to flooding.
 
Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl has announced that the government will deploy additional helicopter resources to assist with evacuations in storm-hit regions. (1 Norwegian krone = 0.098 U.S. dollar)
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Oslo.
(XHTV)