"Inga" rages through Norway

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Inga rages through Norway

Jan 12, 2004

Storm 'Inga' blew the roof off a parking house at Bergens Flesland Airport and upended a tree over a 59-year-old woman in Rogaland on Wednesday.

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Coastal steamer «Richard With» canceled its Ålesund-Bergen route on Wednesday, after weathering storm 'Hårek' on the way south. Captain Inge Nilsen told newspaper Bergens Tidende's web site that he could not remember a cancellation on the west coast route before.

"No, I can never remember it being so bad before. We always manage to get through but it is not nice in this kind of wind. The passengers get scared and we risk damage to the ship," Nilsen said.

Inga is expected to hit hurricane strength in parts of her journey around western Norway today. Inga had gusts at hurricane level over Scotland and in the British sector of the North Sea late Tuesday night.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article946815.ece

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1. Wow, I didn't know they'd named it. n/t