Norway sufferssnowiest winter since 1958 – “Still absurd amounts of snow in the mountains right now”

Bracing for “huge flooding this summer as the snow melts.”

This past winter was Norway’s snowiest in more than 60 years, according to recently released data from the Norwegian government. And news website latestfromeurope.com said the country is preparing for “huge flooding this summer as the snow melts”

Triple the normal amount of snow

And even though we’re well into spring, the month of May is continuing that snowy trend, with “more than three times as much snow as usual in many places,” said Heidi Bakke Stranden, spokeswoman for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. “Where it’s usually one meter, it’s three meters today. Compared to last year it is like night and day,” she added. That’s triple the normal amount.

As a result, several ski resorts have enjoyed record-long seasons with some looking like they’ll be open well-into June, reports latestfromeurope.com.

“Never before have we been able to have open as long as this year,” said Per Odd Grevsnes from Sogndal ski-resort in Western Norway. With another alpine-resort spokesperson exclaiming: “there are still absurd amounts of snow in the mountains right now.”

This is in line with historically low solar activity.