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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant

Dam partly collapses in Norway as Storm Hans continues to cause chaos

Water flows after the Braskereidfoss dam on the Glåma River partly collapsed.
Water flows after the Braskereidfoss dam on the Glåma River partly collapsed. Photograph: Cornelius Poppe/EPA

A dam in Norway has partly collapsed as the country battles record high river levels, flooding and landslides after a fatal storm.

Norwegian police were considering blowing up the dam when water from the Glåma River, the country’s longest, started spilling out the side at Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant.

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