According to TT's correspondent on site, there is still heavy rain and strong winds in Örnsköldsvik on Friday morning. The floods in the municipality have also changed the landscape. A few miles inland, fields have turned into lakes and road embankments have shrunk as the water rises.
It is clearly visible along the ten-mile-long Anundsjösjön, between Bredbyn and Mellansel. The lake is located a mile downstream from the heavily affected Kubbe, and has been identified as a risk area.
Along the lake, a number of preparations were made yesterday for even more water. A wall against a sludge lagoon was reinforced with gravel, homeowners inspected their properties, and the rescue service received help to prevent large accumulations of debris.
"Like a beaver dam"
The water masses have brought with them trees from Södra and Norra Anundsjöåarna, which flow together in Bredbyn.
It looked like a beaver dam, says Mikael Danielsson when he and his colleague Per Tjernberg return with the boat Fulen after clearing up in the debris with a chainsaw.
How many times they need to go out and clear the advancing water remains to be seen. It depends on how the next few days develop.
According to SMHI, about 30-40 millimeters of rain have fallen during the night against Friday in the worst affected areas.
However, there are large local variations, notes meteorologist Therese Fougman:
The rain is moving north and seems to be clearing during the morning. Then it can be filled up with rain showers during the afternoon, she says.
Regarding Saturday, it looks much calmer with sun and higher temperatures.
But on Sunday, it looks like it will rain again, but not nearly the amounts that have been so far. If there is a need for warnings, we will issue them.
Worrisome
I'm a bit worried, says Thomas Birkö as he looks out over the water.
He lives a few miles downstream, where Anundsjösjön flows into Moälven.
All this water has to go out into the sea. And a lot has happened in just one day.
Thomas Birkö, who is a retired biologist, says that the water level at Anundsjösjön is probably the highest since 1945.
It's incredibly unusual to have such high flows in the fall. But the landscape has changed over time, with many more forest clearings and ditches. What we see is also linked to a changed climate, with more intense rainfall.
