According to Patrik Sönnerstedt, the night’s storm in Halland has mainly been concentrated in Falkenberg and Varberg. There, the emergency services have responded to alarms about, among other things, floods and trees on the road.
– It is the first time that we have had this type of event on this scale over such large parts of the country at the same time, which has also remained for several days, says the Swedish Transport Administration’s press manager, Bengt Olsson to TV4 Nyheterna and continues:
– I have never experienced that in all my professional years. In Iggesund there is so much water all around that there are fish on the track, I have never experienced that.
Bengt Olsson urges those who are going out to be careful and follow the weather reports.
On Wednesday morning, all trains between Varberg and Borås are canceled and Hallandstrafiken warns on its website that bad weather can also cause train stops on parts of the west coast line that runs between Gothenburg and Malmö. At the same time, accessibility on several roads is limited due to water and fallen trees on the roadway.
“Quite calm”
South of Gothenburg, the E6 is still closed at the height of Kållered after Tuesday’s rain. The Swedish Transport Administration’s forecast is that traffic can be up and running again after 09. In Gothenburg, the night has not been as messy as Tuesday.
– We thought there would be more calls related to the storm, but it has been quite calm after twelve o’clock last night, says Anders Helmborn, alarm and line operator at the rescue service.
But even here, the storm still has an impact on public transport: on its website, Västtrafik notes on Wednesday morning over 100 ongoing traffic disruptions, many of which are linked to the storm.
After SMHI issued extensive red warnings in a whole series of counties earlier this week, there is only one left on Wednesday. It concerns the risk of extremely high flows in streams and ditches in Halland and western Kronoberg County, due to heavy rain.
Several orange warnings
But several orange warnings, the degree below the red, exist for the risk of flooding in connection with certain watercourses in Jämtland, Dalarna, Gävleborg, Halland and northwestern Scania. Yellow warnings, the step below orange, are for high flows in many directions and wind along the coasts.
Many roads elsewhere in the country have also been damaged.
Train traffic in Dalarna and Jämtland has disruptions, or suspended traffic, in several places due to undermined or risk of undermined railway embankments.
However, the recent wet weather has meant that there is no fire risk warning left in the country.