Power outages and fallen trees in the storm

It's storming heavily in large parts of northern Sweden on Friday. Thousands of households are without electricity, trees are falling over roads, and the rescue service is urging people to stay at home.

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Power outages and fallen trees in the storm
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The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) has issued orange and yellow warnings for the entire northern part of Sweden. An orange warning, for example, applies to the southern Lapland mountains and northern Jämtland mountains for wind in combination with snowfall on the mountain plateau, where the wind can reach storm strength.

Parts of Norrland are covered by a yellow warning for wind with "very strong gusts".

In Åre, hurricane-force winds have been measured in the gusts, writes Aftonbladet.

Felled trees are causing major problems on the roads, writes, among others, Tidningen Ångermanland.

Trees are falling all over Västernorrland in rapid succession. We advise people not to venture out on the roads unless absolutely necessary, says Niklas von Essen, duty officer at the Mittnorrland rescue region, to the newspaper.

Just after 10 pm, for example, a tree fell over the E4, about six miles south of Umeå, reports Västerbottens-Kuriren.

We're there now and trying to remove the tree. It's possible to get past, even if it's slow, says the operator at Räddningstjänsten nord to VK.

At the same time, thousands of households have been affected by power outages due to the strong winds. At 22:45, Vattenfall had 16 ongoing power outages affecting 2,325 customers in northern Sweden, Eon had 6,315 affected customers, and around 1,700 customers at Jämtkraft were without electricity.

The SMHI has three levels of weather warnings:

Yellow warning: Consequences for society, some risks for the general public.

Orange warning: Serious consequences for society, danger for the general public.

Red warning: Very serious consequences for society, great danger for the general public.

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