Quiet start to the feared chaos – financial times

Weather. the Snow has slowly started to fall over the southern part of Dalarna, Gävleborg, north of Örebro län and Västmanland, sweden.

Shortly after five o’clock had Sälenområden got the most snow, and the area along the Västmanland most sleet later in the day are expected to move in the snow.

But the worst of the turmoil is not expected to hit the area until closer to noon.

Despite the quiet start of this year’s first snowfalls in the Valleys of fear SMHI it will be an awkward Tuesday for the residents.

Class 2-the warning remains and the meteorologists expect the windy weather in the morning and lots of freezing rain east of lake Siljan.

Kulingvarning

– the Snow is starting to interfere a few centimeters but it has been so markvarmt that it has melted a lot. The warning is out for all the tisdagsdygnet, so it is difficult to know exactly how it will look during the day, ” says Charlotta Eriksson, a meteorologist at the Swedish meteorological institute.

– It will start to blow more during the day, especially along the east coast with strong winds. At sea it can be kulingvarning but in the country there could be strong winds locally, ” says Charlotta Eriksson.

No severe traffic accidents due to weather have been reported, but the wet snow likely to cause major problems in the traffic, among other things, that many have not had time to change to winter tires.

Difficult paths

According to Johan Szymanski, räddningschef in Mora and Orsa, prepare now primarily in three areas:

– It is about problems with connections and where it is mainly home care and ambulances we are preparing to be able to help. Then there is the supply of electricity, how we should prioritise between the various important buildings if we get strömbortfall. In the end it is about the telephony goes down, how we establish secure connection and how we look to people to be able to raise the alarm for help.

SMHI has issued a class 2 warning for the Valleys, except in the mountain region of dalarna, and is laying off about 10 to 20 centimetres of snow or slush in the county.

In Mora and Orsa invited the local residents to not venture out on the roads if you don’t have to, and a team has been set up at the fire station in Mora.

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