Strong Winds Sweep Finland on Tuesday
Finnish forecasters warned of gusts above 20 metres per second as the storm cut electricity to more than 5,000 households.
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Storm leaves thousands without power as first snow approaches Finland
Strong autumn winds swept across Finland on Tuesday, cutting electricity to thousands of households and bringing gusts above 20 metres per second to western parts of the country. Forecasters expect colder air to follow the storm, while another low-pressure system is due later this week. More than 5,000 households were without electricity at around 11am, according to an electricity outage map maintained by Finnish Energy. The Ostrobothnia rescue …
There was a storm in Finland. Thousands of households were left without electricity.
Thousands are already without electricity.
A powerful storm in Finland led to an unusual effect: as as long as thousands of households were left without electricity due to fallen trees and damaged lines, the wholesale value of the country's energy almost collapsed to zero, the average price on 6 October was only 0.82 per MWh, according to data from Nord Pool.
Tuesday's strong winds have cut off electricity to hundreds of customers in Kanta-Häme.
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