sailboat low moored in Saltsjöbaden outside Stockholm when lightning struck the mast this morning.
– It was an unmanned boat that lay bojförtöjd. Apparently, the lightning struck a large hole in the boat, so it fell rather quickly, says Björn Wrandel, incident commander at MRCC.
In the night also struck a thunderbolt down in a villa in Danderyd.– It made a hole in the roof when it hit the wind, says Roger Magnusson, chief operating officer at Stockholm’s rescue.
No one was hurt.
Total hit 2749 lightning down during the night and morning, according to SMHI.
In the morning the weather began to withdraw northward.
– weather front moves slowly northward, located behind sun, says Sofia Söderberg , on duty meteorologist at SMHI.
The storm brought also bring heavy rain, which led to many floods. Emergency services in Greater Stockholm has received several alarms due to the thunderstorm.
– We get to go here and there and put alarms on cue, says Roger Magnusson, head of operations at the emergency services. The thunderstorm also made to several thousand homes were without power, including close to 4,000 of Vattenfall’s customers in several parts of Stockholm. While just over a thousand of Fortum customers were without power. During the morning had begun to return power to households.
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