A storm over the North Sea on Friday led to dozens of cancellations of train and ferry connections in northern Denmark and southern Norway, and the Danish Meteorological Institute said hurricane-force gusts can be expected.
The storm, named Otto, will move east over Sweden and the Baltic Sea. In Finland, authorities said they also expected rain, or rain mixed with snow, and that there could be power outages over the weekend.
Ferries in southern Norway have been canceled with a “significant” number of passengers and cargo will be affected by the storm.
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“Of course, we should have prevented this, but Otto is not a normal weather guy, so this doesn’t happen very often,” Erik Brynhildsbakken, chief executive of Norwegian ferry company Color Line, told the news agency. Norwegian NTB news.
A Porsche is damaged by a fallen tree in Harrogate, North Yorkshire on February 17, 2023, as a result of Storm Otto. The storm caused dozens of cancellations of train and ferry connections in Denmark and Norway. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
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In Denmark, the stormy weather came at the end of a week long vacation with many people travelling. Operators have been forced to cancel trains in much of the country and authorities have advised against crossing bridges in lighter vehicles, including on the link between Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmo.
Residents of late 1950s skyscrapers with up to 13 floors in a hilltop neighborhood of Copenhagen were evacuated as a precaution.
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The same storm battered Scotland and northern England, with wind gusts of up to 80 mph knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Trains were disrupted and some flights cancelled. The overturned lorries clogged traffic on a main road linking London to Scotland.
