“Anyone going out in the traffic when the wind is really starting to blow should ask themselves whether their journey can wait to minimise the risk of accidents,” wrote police in Kronoberg County.
Sweden’s state weather forecaster SMHI has issued an orange weather warning for most of the west coast, Skåne and southern Småland.
“So far it’s still relatively calm, with little more than a few gusts, but in the evening and especially at night, the area of low pressure is going to worsen, bringing winds of 30m/s (110 km/h) and more,” said Moa Hallberg, the forecaster’s meteorologist, at lunchtime on Saturday.
Jonas Hemert, operations chief for the rescue services in Northwest Skåne warned of a very rough sea which he warned could batter coastal areas.
“We have an exposed position and the water levels might rise by 1.5 mete
, and the waves could be up to three meters high,” he said.
Patric Nilsson, operations chief with the rescue services for Southern Sweden, said he had called in staff to deal with the more than 100 more calls than normal on Saturday.
Soure:thelocal.se