About 50 000 households in Norway and 100 000 in Sweden has been
without power after the storm with hurricane forces last night and
this morning.
Still a large part of these are without electric power.
The storm seems to have hit hardest in the eastern part of South
Norway and the western part of southern Sweden.
Trees downed by the wind closed roads, and cut off powerlines
all over the affected area. One person was killed because of
the storm in Sweden.
Many roads over the mountains had to be closed because of the blizzard
conditions, some are still closed.

Also several ships drifted ashore on the coast in the
southern part of North Norway (Nordland).
The day before a small pasenger plane with 4 people chrashed
on the runway in Bodø, because of the winds and a strike by lightning,
but nobody was killed.

Bjørn Sørheim,
in Norway

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/ir...ticleID=685607
(Norwegian)
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...401765,00.html
(Swedish)


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