Yellow warnings for strong winds cover the Finnish Meteorological Institute's map from the Gulf of Finland to northern Ostrobothnia. According to Yle, the winds are expected to decrease slightly during the morning hours.
According to the Energy Industry's power outage map, the number of households without power during the night between Saturday and Sunday hovers around 170,000.
In Norway, Leknes Airport in Lofoten was forced to close due to wind gauges being blown away. Six arriving and as many departing flights to the airport on Sunday have been canceled, NTB reports.
The winds have also caused problems for the mobile operator Telenor, which told NRK during the night that 127 base stations in Nordland are out of service.
