Workers remove part of a roof that was torn off by strong winds at the central train station in Gothenburg, Sweden (Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency via AP)
A storm with strong winds Sweden ripped off the roof of Gothenburg Central Station on Friday, causing power outages and a temporary halt in rail traffic to and from the country's second-largest city. No injuries have been reported at this time.
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The storm broke out on Thursday night the southern coast of Scandinavia, and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued its second-highest warning on Friday. Around 4,000 people remained without power on Sweden's west coast, the country's TT news agency reported.
Photos taken in Gothenburg, on Sweden's west coast, showed part of a roof over the tracks of the central station, and local authorities said it was not yet known when rail services would resume. A bridge in the archipelago north of Gothenburg has been closed to traffic, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported.
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By midday, some of the station's tracks had reopened with reduced capacity, Angelika Knutsson, spokeswoman for the Swedish Transport Administration, told SVT.
Gothenburg emergency services urged the population to stay at home “Loose objects can fly long distances and pose a danger to people.”such as building parts, signs, tiles and other loose objects outside.”
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Gothenburg police said they received about 200 calls felled trees On the streets at night. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Caroline Karlsson told TT.
For its part, the Meteorological Institute Denmark He reported that the storm, which he named Rolf, moved primarily through the northern and northwestern parts of the country. According to Danish media, several trees were felled and wind-blown objects were reported across the country.
Danish meteorologists measured gusts of 135.36 kilometers per hour in the north of the country.
In Denmark, meteorologists said the storm was over. Martin Rundager, head of accident assistance at one of Denmark's largest insurance companies, GF Forsikring, said the storm “caused quite a lot of damage.” The company received approx. 100 damage reportsbut I expected that number to increase.
In early February, Norway's strongest storm in more than 30 years ripped roofs off homes and cut power (Portal)
There were reports of flooded streets in Southern Norway. Norway's Water Resources and Energy Directorate had issued a flood warning for the area, saying rain and melting snow could lead to flooding of rivers and streams in the coming days.
Norwegian authorities said there was a risk of damage to buildings and infrastructure, and Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported that ferry services and flights were likely to be canceled.
Several ferry lines in Scandinavia have temporarily suspended their services.
The same region was hit in early February when a storm with hurricane-force winds – considered Norway's strongest in more than three decades – ripped off roofs, increased the danger of avalanches, canceled flights and knocked out power, while causing devastating damage in some parts of the country country.
(AP)