Two killed in Sweden as main storm sweeps Nordic international locations

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Two individuals have died in Sweden after a robust winter storm swept throughout Nordic international locations, inflicting journey disruption and energy outages.

The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued alerts for robust winds for big elements of the northern half of the nation as Storm Johannes hit.

One man in his 50s died after being struck by a tree within the Kungsberget ski resort within the nation's south, native media and police reported; whereas regional utility firm, Hemab, stated that one in every of its staff died in an accident "within the subject".

Tens of 1000's of properties in Sweden, Norway and Finland have been left with out energy.

In Sweden, greater than 40,000 properties had been affected by energy outages and quite a few rail companies had been cancelled, Swedish information company TT reported.

A number of flights, rail and ferry companies throughout elements of the Nordic nations have been cancelled.

Roads and rail companies have additionally been disrupted as a result of storm situations.

In Norway's Nordland area, probably the most northerly counties within the nation, the hearth division responded to greater than 200 climate‑associated incidents, broadcaster NRK reported.

Storm Johannes reduce energy to round 23,000 properties in Nordland and an additional 9,000 had been with out electrical energy within the Inland area, NRK stated.

In Finland, the storm, identified there as Hannes, subsided on Sunday morning however had left greater than 33,000 properties with out energy, in response to public broadcaster Yle.

Flights at Kittila airport in northern Finland had been grounded after heavy winds pushed a passenger jet and a smaller aircraft off the runway and right into a financial institution of snow, the Helsinki Instances reported.

The Swiss Air jet, carrying about 150 passengers, had simply landed from Geneva and was taxiing when it veered off, the paper stated. The smaller jet, a 400XT mannequin, was on the bottom on the similar time and was additionally pushed off beam by the wind, it added.