Radio | Clear news | Thursday 21 December 2023
Finns and NATO. Icelandic volcanic eruption. Slippery streets. Weather.
Finns and NATO
The majority of Finns think that Finland’s NATO membership is a good thing. Finland became a member of NATO last April.
A new poll shows that more than 80 percent of Finns support Finland’s NATO membership. Only about 10 percent of Finns do not like that Finland belongs to NATO.
Finns who have a good education and a good salary trust NATO the most.
Finland decided to join NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The defense alliance NATO takes care of the security of the member countries. In addition to Finland, there are 30 other member countries in NATO. NATO includes the USA, Canada and most European countries.
Ash clouds from Iceland
A volcanic eruption in Iceland has released sulfur into the air. Iceland’s sky is red because of sulphur.
Sulfur clouds also travel from Iceland towards other countries. Sulfur clouds were already over Norway on Wednesday.
At the weekend, sulfur clouds will come to Finland. However, there is so little sulfur in the air that it does not pose a danger.
Iceland’s volcanic eruption began on Monday.
Selkouinten’s new program
Then information about the new program of Selkoutu.
In January, the new radio program Uutisviikko in clear Finnish will start. The program always focuses on one important news topic.
Two Uutisviikko programs are made every week. They will be broadcast on Saturday and Sunday on Radio Finland at 21.12.
You can listen to the programs whenever you want in Yle Areena and at yle.fi/selkouutiset.
The first Uutisviikko in plain Finnish will be broadcast on Saturday, January 13.
Starting in January, weekday clear news will be broadcast on television.
Slippery streets
The streets are now slippery. Many streets are covered in ice.
In addition, it has snowed on the ice. Pedestrians fall easily because they don’t notice slippery places under the snow.
Hospital emergency rooms have been crowded on Thursday. For example, in Helsinki’s Meilahti, there were more than 20 patients with slips during 2 hours in the morning.
Weather
Low pressure has arrived in Finland. It snows in the south during the day. Later, it will also snow in the central part of the country.
Snow accumulation is generally 5 centimeters. In the south and east, it can snow more than 10 centimeters in some places.
Due to the snowfall, the driving weather is bad or very bad.