Finland snowstorm leaves tens of thousands without power
The Peninsula
Helsinki: Up to 80,000 households in Finland lost power on Thursday and traffic was disrupted as the country s first big snowstorm of the season broug...
Helsinki: Up to 80,000 households in Finland lost power on Thursday and traffic was disrupted as the country's first big snowstorm of the season brought strong winds, the Finnish Meteorological Institute told AFP.
Storm Jari arrived in Finland on Wednesday, with winds on Thursday measuring up to 25 metres (82 feet) per second, as well as heavy snow and rainfall across the Nordic country.
The severe weather caused up to 80,000 households to lose power overnight, though electricity had been restored to many by Thursday morning.
Some 49,000 people were still without power on Thursday around midday.
"The storm is currently strongest in southern and western Finland and northern parts of the Sea of Bothnia", Jani Parviainen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) told AFP.
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