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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

Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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