Waves of 11 meters on the West Coast of Denmark

The strong winds reached Saturday afternoon also Zealand, but still reported most storm damage in Jutland, where among other things, a truck with the pig toppled. On the West Coast were measured waves up to 11 meters.

The wind has been active for hours in the region. Here, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) earlier on gusts of hurricane strength - exactly 33 seconds meters - in both Abbas and Herring troops, and according to Ritzau was in Hirtshals and Abbas measured wave heights of between five and 11 meters.

On Zealand, Falck brought out 10 times, mostly for minor injuries, for example. væltede træer. toppled trees.. And in Jutland, the wind among other more toppled trucks overthrow. In addition to an empty truck at Vejle Fjord Bridge also overturned a lorry on the motorway around Mae Sot.. The truck was loaded with pigs, but the vast griseri was fortunately avoided. The animals had already died, according to Falck.

Several places in the country, there were reports of resolving tiles. Aalborg toppled a scaffolding and, according to Ritzau, it was a transition necessary to block one of the main streets because of the risk of flying tiles. The violent wind has also had repercussions elsewhere.

Thus, the shipping company Color Line canceled all four flights today between Hirtshals and the Norwegian ports of Larvik and Kristiansand. The problem has been high waves off Hirtshals, which resulted in that it is not possible for the ferries that come into port," informs Color Lines Director Odd Green Berg.

DMI estimates that the storm reached its peak at around 16.00, after which the wind quietly had to purchase during the evening.

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