What will happen when all the snow melts away?

In Scandinavia, this winter has been unusually cold and snowy. It’s a reasonable guess that 60 cm of snow deep contains water equal to 20-30 cm of water depth. What will happen the day all this snow will start to melt? You don’t need to be a prophet of doom to see the obvious risks at hand. Posted in February 2010 The press release is available in rtf-format. Rtf files can be handled by any word-processor and they can not carry viruses. Press release Language File size Snow_Eng.rtf English 3,9 MB Snow_SE.rtf Swedish 3,9 MB Printable images The big flooding in Arvika, Sweden, November 2000. Master "Old line" 20 x 25 cm Arvika2000.jpg (5,6 MB) Flood relief in a private home, March 2003. Minette 20 x 25 cm Minette2005.jpg (3,9 MB) Two Maxi pumps from Grindex, bypassing a local stream, March 2003. Maxi 25 x 20 cm Maxi2003.jpg (7,6 MB) Dewatering a Norwegian quarry, March 2005. Matador 20 x 25 cm Matador2005.jpg (5,1 MB) Per-Åke Jägrén, Sales manager for Scandinavia 30 x 20 cm PJn.jpg (3,1 MB) How to read the image information: Please read the technical info before downloading the images. ©  Copyrights  © All images are property of Grindex. They can be downloaded and used for free by newspapers, magazines and other publishing companies.