Thousands of people are still without electricity in the Nordic countries over one week after Boxing-day storm Dagmar wrecked havoc across the region. Now the countries must brace for another extreme weather situation as Emil-storm is already on the cusp of hitting Norway and Denmark. In Norway Emil is expected to bring up to 20 meter peak waves and extremely high tide with most of the effect to be felt in the Vest-Agder county in Southern parts of the country.
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute SMHI has issued a Class 2 weather warning to the west coast of Sweden. Emil is expected to bring up to 25 m/s wind gusts and cause property damage and further blackouts. The storm will reach Sweden tonight and be at its strongest early tomorrow morning. The low pressure is expected to reach Finland on Wednesday but to have already weakened significantly by then.
***Wednesday morning update***
Emil took a slightly more Southern trajectory than forecasted. In Denmark damage was so far limited to a roof of a fishing factory in Skagen flying off. Several boats have anchored and cruises between Norway and Denmark were affected. In the UK maximum gusts measured from Emil were well over hurricane strenght but thus far it seems it has tamed somewhat while crossing the North Sea. Early measurement from Sweden where Emil has just arrived, showed peak gusts somewhat above 30 m/s with sustained winds at around 25 m/s.
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