Brutal winds over Sweden
2015-01-11 03:12
The storm Egon struck hard against Sweden – in places with hurricane force. Floods, snowfall and strong winds caused major problems, but forward three o’clock in the night had winds subsided in southern Sweden.
At a quarter to three in the Sunday morning news came from the Danish news agency Ritzau that the Öresund Bridge Reopened for traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours.
But before that, at midnight, had the E45 flooded by the Göta Tunnel in Gothenburg, reports gt.se and a few kilometers from there got a person be brought to hospitals since a vägportal on the E20 at Olskroken overturning of a car. According to the police did not touch it for any serious injuries.
Moving eastward
It’s still very windy, the winds have pulled the east. Expect winds of 15 meters per second and up to 30 in the villages, says meteorologist on call at SMHI Miguel Portal to TT shortly after one o’clock on Saturday night.
Earlier, Egon reached hurricane strength over 32.6 meters per second, in gusts at North Koster, Måseskär and Väderöarna.
In Uddevalla got three people taken to hospital after a tree blown down across a car. The people who were in the car has been taken to hospital with no serious injuries, according to initial information the police länskommunikationscentral in Gothenburg received reports Bohusläningen.
Many people without electricity
The three persons reported themselves have taken themselves out of the car.
Many people were also without power. Before midnight had Eon, Fortum and Vattenfall upwards of 35,000 customers without power.
On the E6 over Uddevallabron stopped all traffic. According to the Transport Administration was measured wind gusts of up to 28 meters per second at the bridge before it was closed. Also Älvsborgsbron in Gothenburg closed at 18 o’clock on Saturday night.
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