Rain records and flooding alert

The Rogaland / Stavanger news of the past 48 hours is dominated by precipitation records and a flood warning in Rogaland county. The stations of Stavanger Våland, Liarvatn, and Fister Sigmundstad have all set a new October record for rainfall over 24 hours. At the same time, the county is continuing the development of adapted housing and the restoration of the power network after a large-scale outage.

Rogaland / Stavanger news: rain records and flood alert

On-duty meteorologist Geir Ottar Fagerlid told NRK Rogaland / Stavanger that the Stavanger Våland station received 62.8 mm in the past 24 hours. The previous October record dated back to 1976, with 62.2 mm. At Liarvatn, 110.8 mm fell, against 99.1 mm in 2018. Fister Sigmundstad observed 64.1 mm, against 63.8 mm last year.

"This is a yellow warning for floods and landslides, that is the main consequence. But there is also a lot of water on the roads and in the terrain," said Geir Ottar Fagerlid to NRK Rogaland / Stavanger.

A yellow warning for floods has been issued for Rogaland county. The heavy rainfall has caused water build-up on roadways and in the terrain, according to Statens vegvesen. Several roads in the county are affected.

In Stavanger, a 50th adapted home nearly ready

According to Stavanger Aftenblad, a 50th home intended for people who cannot live in ordinary housing will soon be ready. The regional daily reports that some residents cannot be accommodated in the standard housing stock and require adapted support.

Stavanger Aftenblad also publishes a headline devoted to hospital funding: Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) must not pay the price while the state learns. The same daily revisits statements by Austbø that have drawn reactions from supporters.

More than 7,000 subscribers without power on Monday

On Monday morning, more than 7,000 subscribers in Kvernevik and Sunde, in Stavanger, were left without power. L-nett announced in the morning that electricity had been restored to all customers at 8:13 am, after network reconfigurations. "There will be corrective work on the transformer station where the fault is located," said Ingvild Ween, head of communications at Lnett, to NRK Rogaland / Stavanger.

A dental practice had to reschedule patients. Annika Håland, dental secretary at Oris dental, told NRK Rogaland / Stavanger: "It's special, it's not every day you walk into a dark office." A business was unable to refuel and bread had to be thrown out.

Randaberg: police remove a Constitution poster

In Randaberg, a framed poster of the Norwegian Constitution was hung in the waiting room of the police station. Its second paragraph, written in Danish, states that Jews do not have access to Norway. Jan Heiret, director of the Center for Holocaust and Religious Minorities Studies (HL-senteret), called the situation "very unfortunate and very thoughtless" to NRK Rogaland / Stavanger.

The provision excluding Jews appeared in the Constitution from 1814 to 1851, before its repeal. It no longer appears in the current Constitution. The police announced that they were removing the poster.

In Sandnes, a 20-year-old cuts his screen time

Vegard Nygård, 20, from Sandnes, tells NRK Rogaland / Stavanger about his screen addiction. "I was 100% addicted. The days disappeared. I would wake up, sit down, and suddenly the day was over," he says. On days without school or appointments, he could spend up to twelve hours in front of a screen.

He tried several measures: grayscale screen, deleting apps, limiting time on social media. "I tried and failed several times. I realized how much it destroys the brain and how it makes you less sensitive to real life," he now says. He encourages young people to act. NRK Rogaland / Stavanger reports that the average screen time of young Norwegians is around six hours per day and that a reduction movement is growing.

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Other Rogaland / Stavanger news from these two days: two teenagers have been convicted as accomplices to a murder plot. Three teenagers were prosecuted for recruiting, supporting, and helping a 19-year-old convicted of a murder plot in England. Two were sentenced to a juvenile penalty, the third was acquitted. (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger)

Sources: NRK Rogaland / Stavanger, Stavanger Aftenblad, The Local Norway — Period: 06 October 2026 and 07 October 2026