00:00 Eastern Norway and the dam at a disused hydroelectric power plant is overwhelmed.
00:07 It's thought the floodgates failed to open and the river Glomma, swollen by the torrential rains brought by storm hands, spilled over the top.
00:16 Up to 20 homes downstream had to be evacuated.
00:24 The latest news is that the river continues to rise.
00:29 But we are working with the stakeholders we have brought with us to support us here.
00:39 We don't know what we are still falling on, but we are well underway with the evacuation and they are being taken care of by the police and the municipality.
00:51 The storm's impact has been felt across swathes of Norway and Sweden.
00:55 Floodwaters have washed away bridges, turned roads into rivers and uprooted homes,
01:01 casting them adrift
01:04 and turning them into driftwood.
01:13 (whooshing)
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