9 hours agoFinland hit by hurricane for the first time in history, thousands of families without power
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)In western Finland, for the first time in history, the wind has reached the force of the storm, as a result of which 17 thousand homes have been without electricity since Saturday. In Rauma, southwest of the country, the average wind speed reached 33.5 meters per second Friday evening in Pori ʹ]
In Rauma in the country's southwest, the average wind speed reached 33.5m per second Friday evening in Pori up to 30.3m/s, Finnish public service Yle reports.
A wind at an average speed of at least 33m/s is considered a hurricane in Finland.
This is the first time a real hurricane has been registered in Finland, meteorologist Matti Huttonen said.
“Tregues like this have never been recorded in the history of observations, in this sense they are really rare”, said the duty meteorologist at the Tuomo Bergman Meteorological Institute.
According to him, on Friday evening, energy has been cut off at some 400,000 homes in western Finland, while today 17 thousand homes have lost electricity.
