Norway Floods Leave Partly Collapsed Dam in Wake as Rains Ease

The Storelva river following a hydroelectric plant dam collapse in Hoenefoss, Norway, on Aug. 9.Photographer: Annika Byrde/AFP/Getty Images

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By Stephen Treloar

August 10, 2023 at 9:24 AM UTC

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Floods in Norway have left a mass of mangled infrastructure in their wake after several days of heavy rains.

Scandinavia has been battered by storm Hans, whose deluge submerged a hydroelectric power plant and led to a partial collapse of the dam at Braskereidfoss in eastern Norway.