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Swedish weather agency warns of extreme heat across most of the country

Sweden's weather agency has warned of hot temperatures forecast for most of the country over the coming days, which mean vulnerable people should take precautions not to fall ill.

Swedish weather agency warns of extreme heat across most of the country
Much of southern Sweden can expect temperatures of around 30C, and high humidity levels, this week. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

SMHI; the meteorological agency, issues these messages when there is a maximum daily temperature of at least 26C for three days in a row.

The message applies to most of the south and east of the country, facing extreme heat of around 30C — an area covering 32 of Sweden’s 40 ‘weather regions’, including all three major city regions of Stockholm, Skåne and Västra Götaland.

The purpose of the heat warning is to encourage residents to take precautions to avoid falling ill in heat which is unusual to Sweden. That means taking measures to cool down your home, avoiding being out in the sun during the hottest part of the day, and cooling down with lots of fluids, for example.

People who are medically vulnerable, including the elderly and those with certain health conditions, are most at risk due to high temperatures, so the warnings are also directed at caregivers.

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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.

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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