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Weather warnings regarding storm gusts issued for parts of Western Sweden

Update on February 8, 23.00: Weather warnings class 2 concerning storm gusts have also been issued for Skåne county, and the islands Öland and Gotland.

Original message: The Swedish meteorological agency SMHI has issued a weather warning class 2 for storm gusts for the counties Halland and Västra Götaland. The winds are expected to exceed 25 metres per second from Sunday afternoon and continue until the night towards Monday.

The forecast weather may cause disruption to traffic, electricity supply and telephone communication.

In other parts of Southern Sweden, there are currently lower level weather warnings issued for wind gusts.