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A section of railway bridge collapsed into the Laagen River in Ringebu, Norway PA

Railway bridge collapses in Norway after torrential rain

All traffic across the bridge was halted a week ago out of fear that it would collapse because of the large volume of water.

A RAILWAY BRIDGE has collapsed in south-eastern Norway over a river swollen by torrential rain.

Bane NOR, a government agency in charge of the Norwegian rail infrastructure, said the central section of a steel truss bridge over the Laagen River slid into the water “due to damage to the central bridge foundation”.

All traffic across the bridge was halted a week ago out of fear that it would collapse because of the large volume of water.

“Bane NOR had just begun investigating the extent of the damage to the bridge on Monday morning when the middle part slid into the river,” the agency said in a statement.

The bridge is 172.5 metres long with three spans. It has a direct foundation on the riverbed and was built in 1957.

Eivind Bjurstrom of Bane NOR said the collapse of the bridge “never involved a danger to life and health, which I am very happy about”.

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The rain led to the evacuation of thousands of people in south-eastern Norway, where a huge amount of water, littered with broken trees, debris and rubbish, thundered down the usually serene rivers after days of torrential rain.

Storm Hans battered northern Europe, leading to transportation disruption, flooding and power cuts across the Nordic and Baltic region. At least three people were killed.

A hydroelectric river dam in south-eastern Norway collapsed as water forced its way through and a train derailed in neighbouring Sweden when a railway embankment was washed away by floods.

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    Aug 14th 2023, 8:18 PM

    Either HAARP or a direct energy weapon (DEW)..but the elite will blame it on CC

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    Aug 14th 2023, 9:02 PM

    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: Why are DEWs always blamed for everything?

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    Aug 14th 2023, 10:19 PM

    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: You might be interested that Georgia put up what appeared to be a list of charges against one Donald John Trump.

    The document was taken down very quickly again.

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    Aug 14th 2023, 10:28 PM

    @ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: They are panicking..Hunter will get 100 years minimum when Trump returns..

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    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: You mean the same way that Navalny gets ‘justice’ in russia?

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    Aug 15th 2023, 12:52 PM

    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: wow. Can you get a bigger tinfoil hat, your current one seems a bit tight.

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    Aug 15th 2023, 5:15 PM

    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: Sounds like you were on the scene. You should go help your colleagues in the Norwegian police with their inquiries.

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    Aug 14th 2023, 10:33 PM

    Climate Change comments despite no mention of it whatsoever in the article. You lot never fail to deliver. So unbelievably predictable.

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    Aug 14th 2023, 11:41 PM

    @Sun Rise: You lot? Who do you mean? What are you then, as a matter of interest?… And why do you think it’s “predictable” that people would talk about a changing climate in an article like this? Do you not think they’re related, or that it’s even worth considering?

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    Aug 15th 2023, 10:59 AM

    @mcgrueser: There isn’t a whit of evidence that this event was caused by anything other than normal bad weather. The obsessive climate doom-mongers by their exaggerations and repeatedly failed predictions are doing more to damage the precautionary need to reduce carbon pollution than the climate deniers.

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    Aug 14th 2023, 8:42 PM

    Why are people I’ve muted popping up all over the place?

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    Aug 14th 2023, 8:51 PM

    @Keith Lenihan: Sounds like a conspiracy

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    Aug 14th 2023, 9:04 PM

    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: You should know about conspiracies, so many of them live rent-free in your head.
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    @REAL CHIEF POLICE TRUTH! FACTS! TRUMP!: you were/are one of them…

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    Aug 15th 2023, 8:03 AM

    @Keith Lenihan: New accounts by the same people.

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    Aug 14th 2023, 9:13 PM

    @Jerry LeFrog: Its a movie

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    Aug 14th 2023, 8:42 PM

    Good video about the floods: https://youtu.be/iV-awQDJaGc

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    Aug 15th 2023, 12:57 AM

    This is twice now. I read the comments and I’ve already forgotten what the article was..

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    Aug 15th 2023, 8:47 AM

    Seriously do the journal go looking for disaster stories about the weather every single day. Give it a rest.

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    Aug 15th 2023, 9:45 AM

    Isn’t it curious that the worsening rain patterns worldwide which are triggering floods, also seem to be able to trigger a shower of deniers.

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