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Police warn of slippery roads across Sweden

Slippery roads in several locations across Sweden disrupted motorists during the morning rush hour on Monday, with police issuing warnings to exercise caution after a spate of accidents.

Published: 5 December 2011 10:27 CET

There were several accidents reported in Österlen in the far south of Sweden, with a bus involved in a crash on the E4 motorway near Örkeljunga in western Sweden.

“We have dispatched emergency services to the scene,” said a spokesperson at the emergency helpline in Malmö.

The accident has blocked the motorway just south of Markeryd, while there is no information regarding any injuries.

There were several accidents reported in the Stockholm area on Monday morning with three on the E4 – at Rotebro, Tureberg and at the exit towards Märsta.

Stockholm police issued warnings of unpredictable road conditions.

“It is a bit deceiving, it is dry in some places but slippery in others, especially on viaducts and bridges, so you have to be careful,” said Ulf Lindgren at Stockholm county police.

There were several accidents reported in western Sweden during the night and Monday morning. According to police,the reports concern a total of around 20-25 accidents.

“During the night it was mostly north of Gothenburg, in the morning throughout the county,” said police spokesman Stefan Gustafsson.

Gustafsson added that there are no reports of anyone being seriously injured.

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WEATHER

Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

Blizzards in Denmark this week have resulted in the greatest depth of snow measured in the country for 13 years.

Published: 4 January 2024 14:18 CET
Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

A half-metre of snow, measured at Hald near East Jutland town Randers, is the deepest to have occurred in Denmark since January 2011, national meteorological agency DMI said.

The measurement was taken by the weather agency at 8am on Thursday.

Around 20-30 centimetres of snow was on the ground across most of northern and eastern Jutland by Thursday, as blizzards peaked resulting in significant disruptions to traffic and transport.

A much greater volume of snow fell in 2011, however, when over 100 centimetres fell on Baltic Sea island Bornholm during a post-Christmas blizzard, which saw as much as 135 centimetres on Bornholm at the end of December 2010.

READ ALSO: Denmark’s January storms could be fourth extreme weather event in three months

With snowfall at its heaviest for over a decade, Wednesday saw a new rainfall record. The 59 millimetres which fell at Svendborg on the island of Funen was the most for a January day in Denmark since 1886. Some 9 weather stations across Funen and Bornholm measured over 50cm of rain.

DMI said that the severe weather now looks to have peaked.

“We do not expect any more weather records to be set in the next 24 hours. But we are looking at some very cold upcoming days,” DMI meteorologist and press spokesperson Herdis Damberg told news wire Ritzau.

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