Tag: Flo

  • The metro is closed for two weeks in February – tunnels built to keep Copenhagen dry

    The metro is closed for two weeks in February – tunnels built to keep Copenhagen dry

    The news is underground today. While floods are once again haunting the coasts of North Zealand, a huge tunnel project is underway to ensure a dry capital. Commuters, beware, two subway lines will close in February and annual report season will begin. The full version of this article is only available to subscribers. Already a…

  • The Sinebrychoff Art Museum has an exclusive Jacopo Bassano exhibition

    The Sinebrychoff Art Museum has an exclusive Jacopo Bassano exhibition

    The exhibition at the Sinebrychoff Art Museum, the result of more than four years of preparation and extensive international cooperation, offers a unique glimpse into the production of this innovative artist. “We are excited to present a wide selection of works from one of the most important painters of the Venetian Renaissance. This exhibition is…

  • The growing concern of Finnish employees about job security in 2024

    The growing concern of Finnish employees about job security in 2024

    What is more surprising is that the percentage of those who are worried about their workplace has increased from 19% in September to 24% in January. This change is highlighted by the fact that 29% of the respondents were unemployed in January and 14% had an immediate job loss. A significant factor in this unrest…

  • 2023: Year of Unprecedented Humanitarian Emergencies – UNHCR

    2023: Year of Unprecedented Humanitarian Emergencies – UNHCR

    UNHCR's Director of External Relations, Dominique Hyde, highlighted the growing complexity and scale of these crises. Emergencies from conflicts, human rights abuses, natural disasters and extreme weather events have not only developed at an alarming rate, but have also exacerbated existing situations. This rise has led to an unprecedented number of refugees, with millions of…

  • The rocket has taken off – Marcus Wandt is on his way up to space

    The rocket has taken off – Marcus Wandt is on his way up to space

    Hear SR correspondent Roger Wilson, on site at the launch in Florida, and Robert Cumming, astronomer and communicator for Onsala Observatory at Chalmers University, about Marcus Wandt's space journey.

  • Looking for love in Copenhagen?

    If you are looking for a Danish partner aged 25-29, the odds are good. About half of the Danes within that age group are single. If you're a woman, it's even easier and there's a bit more to choose from, as 56.2% of men are single compared to just 43.7% of women. Part of the…

  • “I don't expect to be able to go home.”

    “I don't expect to be able to go home.”

    Sunna Jónína Sigurðardóttir is a resident of Efrahóp Street in Grindavik. This area was directly exposed to lava flooding. The Sunnah says it's time to look at things realistically. Moreover, he sees no possibility of returning to Grindavik. Sunna Jónína and her family were building their house on the mentioned street, and the work was…

  • Protests in Russia after Putin's heat flop

    Protests in Russia after Putin's heat flop

    There are reports from various parts of Russia where people are warming themselves outside by open fires. The heating of the houses and the hot water disappeared in the middle of the severe winter cold. Protest videos from the residents are shared, appealing to President Putin to help them. At the same time as mobile…

  • Lava in Grindavík

    Lava in Grindavík

    The Icelandic Survey Office has released an updated image showing how lava flowed as the volcano erupted in and around Grindavík over the past 24 hours. The edges of the lava flows are no longer seen to be moving forward anywhere. The strength of the eruption has decreased. This is one of the information provided…

  • Lava is no longer flowing from the southern fissure

    Lava is no longer flowing from the southern fissure

    The flow of lava from Grindavík's southern fissure appears to have stopped, and with it continued flow of lava into the city limits. Lava has most likely flooded three houses so far. The northern rift still appears to have similar flow to yesterday. This is according to Böðvar Sveinsson, a natural disaster expert at the…

  • Lava pours into the city

    Lava pours into the city

    The lava has crossed the city limits and is causing significant damage. Lava is flowing from two fissures north of Grindavík. The larger of the cracks is in the Hagafell area, and the smaller one is right next to the city limits. A smaller fissure, about 100 meters long, opened around 12:00 today, only about…

  • The Swedish men want revenge at the start of the hunt

    The Swedish men want revenge at the start of the hunt

    Sports Extra Sunday BiathlonWorld Cup12.30 10 km chase start ladies (Bengt Skött and Carl-Johan Bergman)14.45 12.5 km men's chase start (Bengt Skött and Carl-Johan Bergman) HandballLadies handball league16.00 Lugi–Skuru (Andreas Matz) FloorballSSL ladies16.00 Warberg–Karlstad (Patric Ljunggren) Hosts: Linn Nenzén and Selma Jennervall

  • Magma probably under the city of Grindavík

    Magma probably under the city of Grindavík

    According to the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, it appears that magma is flowing beneath Grindavík. Yesterday, Grindavík residents were ordered to evacuate the city after a large earthquake north of the city. Seismic activity is closer to the city than before the volcano erupted on December 18, 2023. According to a natural hazards expert, the depth…

  • HS: 32 Helsinki councilors demand more apartments in the city center

    HS: 32 Helsinki councilors demand more apartments in the city center

    “Residential is the only type of floor surface for which demand has not decreased,” they wrote, according to the newspaper. In their response, Helsinki city officials emphasized that the city has considered opportunities to increase the number of jobs and apartments in the city center, but also promised to be more open to proposals for…

  • Volcanic activity and glacial flood in Grímsvötn

    Volcanic activity and glacial flood in Grímsvötn

    On Thursday, just before 7 a.m., a strong earthquake occurred. This is the largest earthquake in the Grímsvötn volcano region since records began. There are many indications that a glacial flood has begun. “We are looking at the data and there are indications that flooding has started in Grímsvötn, but we are waiting for further…

  • A flood of presidential candidates

    A flood of presidential candidates

    Since Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announced in his New Year's Day speech that he did not intend to run for another term, many people announced that they were considering running for the office. First came the news that Halldór Laxness, otherwise known as Dóri DNA, was going to run if he gained 500 followers on Twitter.…

  • What's in your wallet?  If CBDC proponents have their way, nothing reliable

    What's in your wallet? If CBDC proponents have their way, nothing reliable

    Governments around the world don't like “cryptocurrencies” very much, but they do like two things about it. First, they like that Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies have popularized the “next step” of taking money into a fully digital paradigm… not just bank cards connected to bank accounts, which in turn are connected to theoretical dollars,…

  • That's how you marry royally

    That's how you marry royally

    Chris O'Neill cracked the code When Madeleine fell for businessman Chris O'Neill, the security police had to step in to see that he had clean flour in the bag. Johan T Lindwall, editor-in-chief of Svensk Damtidning is a guest on the podcast and tells how Chris managed to charm not only Madeleine – but the…

  • VR cancels long-distance train service due to severe frost, offers compensation

    VR cancels long-distance train service due to severe frost, offers compensation

    This decision has been made to maintain efficient travel this coming weekend and the following week. Under normal conditions, VR operates approximately 200 long-distance train services daily. Most of the cancellations concern the routes between Helsinki and Kupitta, Tampere and Pori, and Seinäjoki and Vaasa. Maid TyyniläVR's head of long-distance transport says: “The freed equipment…

  • Helsinki's urgent warning to protect pets from severe frost

    Helsinki's urgent warning to protect pets from severe frost

    HESY points out that different dog breeds have varying degrees of tolerance to cold weather. For example, long-haired native breeds, such as huskies and Lapland reindeer dogs, can withstand cold conditions relatively well, so they are better suited for longer periods outside in winter. In contrast, short-haired breeds such as Finns, Dobermans and Pugs have…

  • Call Karlavagnen and tell us about the New Year's Eve you will never forget

    Call Karlavagnen and tell us about the New Year's Eve you will never forget

    In Karlavagnen Friday, we want to hear about the New Year's Eve that YOU will never forget, regardless of whether it was successful or ended in a fatal way or was even a complete failure. Did you dance until the floor collapsed? Did you meet your great love in the bustle of the square? Did…

  • Enjoy rave pop and dance floor favorites with Linda Nordeman and Romy

    Enjoy rave pop and dance floor favorites with Linda Nordeman and Romy

    Euphoric rave pop of the finest kind when British artist and DJ Romy offers a guest mix tonight at P3 Klubbmix! In the mix you can hear Romy's collaborations with Fred Again, tracks from the solo album the album “Mid Air”, gems from pop divas and dance floor favorites she loves!

  • Central lawmakers are floating the idea of ​​a mileage-based tax on electric cars

    Central lawmakers are floating the idea of ​​a mileage-based tax on electric cars

    Owners of electric vehicles are not obliged to pay fuel tax or vehicle tax. “The tax revenue for electric vehicle owners is particularly insignificant over the lifetime of the vehicle compared to what owners of diesel and petrol cars are used to paying. Partly for this reason, the total tax rate in Finland will decrease…

  • Maxed out Christmas jazz with Sarah Dawn Finer and Samuel Ljungblahd

    Maxed out Christmas jazz with Sarah Dawn Finer and Samuel Ljungblahd

    Motown-scented soul takes center stage, but there will also be gospel, jazz and classic Christmas songs. The singers Samuel Ljungblahd and Sarah Dawn Finer have collaborated several times before and now promise to offer musical magic together with Sandviken Big Bandwhich is led by Christopher Wallin. This is a Christmas concert that contains both well-known…

  • Gingerbread, or piparkökur

    Gingerbread, or piparkökur

    If you have wheat flour, honey, sugar, baking soda, gingerbread spice, eggs and milk at home, you can start gingerbreading immediately. If you are missing something, borrow it from a neighbor and invite him to a “gingerbread” event, or as a last resort, just buy it and… Sift two cups of flour onto the pastry…

  • Magma chamber under Svartsengi

    Magma chamber under Svartsengi

    Various data indicate that there is a magma chamber beneath Svartsengi. There are three types of evidence for this, says Halldór Geirsson, a lecturer in geophysics at the University of Iceland. Magma flows and glowing swaths of lava attract people's attention, but the progress of eruptions depends primarily on conditions below the earth's surface. Halldór…

  • The situation around Grindavík

    The situation around Grindavík

    The city of Grindavík was evacuated on November 10. Police in the Suðurnes region have decided to ban traffic to the city until at least Christmas. The eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula has now weakened significantly compared to its onset on Monday evening. It is beginning to resemble the volcanic eruptions that have occurred on…

  • Finnish Christmas trees: 200,000 needles per tree

    Finnish Christmas trees: 200,000 needles per tree

    In some cases, a cultivated tree can have up to 400,000 needles. The sheer volume of these small needles weighing about 0.005 grams is enough for the carpet floor in an average Finnish bedroom. This surprising number of needles means that households can find lost fir needles well into the summer, long after the festive…

  • Iran summons Sweden's envoy to protest the former official's life sentence

    Iran summons Sweden's envoy to protest the former official's life sentence

    Tehran, Iran – Iran's foreign minister summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires on Wednesday to protest the life sentence handed down to a former Iranian prison official for mass executions in 1988. On Tuesday, a Swedish appeals court upheld the prison sentence against Hamid Noury, 62, last July “for serious crimes against international humanitarian law and murder.”…

  • Different than recent eruptions

    Different than recent eruptions

    According to volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson, the eruption in the Sundhnúkur series of craters that took place at eleven o'clock yesterday evening is completely different from the recent eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The power of this eruption is much greater than previous eruptions and the eruption is expected to end within a few days. He…

  • There are five active vents left in the eruption fissure

    There are five active vents left in the eruption fissure

    There is little volcanic activity at the southern end of the rift, and the eruption strength at Sundhnúk continues to decline. The lava flow is estimated at about one quarter of the initial flow. One third of the original gap is active. The magma plumes are also lower than at the beginning of the eruption.…

  • Concern about the eruption causes a traffic jam on Reykjanesbraut

    Concern about the eruption causes a traffic jam on Reykjanesbraut

    Volcanologist Þorvald Þórðarson says that at first glance this is one of the worst-case scenarios. The eruption appears to be taking place in Hagafell, north of Grindavík. “You can see very tall plumes of magma there, probably up to 150 meters high. This means that lava flows out of the crater very quickly,” says Þorvald.…

  • This is how Russia uses dolphins in the war against Ukraine

    This is how Russia uses dolphins in the war against Ukraine

    On satellite images, several square objects are suddenly seen lying inside the piers at the port of Sevastopol. Everything points to them being floating cages for marine mammals and the British intelligence service makes the assessment that it is most likely bottlenose dolphins. – We can absolutely say that their importance is increasing. They appear…