Per (storm)

Per (storm)

Per was the name of a powerful storm with hurricane winds which hit the west coast of Sweden and Norway on the morning of 14 January, 2007. In Sweden six people died from the storm and approximately 300,000 households were left without electricity.

The storm was named by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

Six deaths

*One man in his 60s died when his car was hit by a falling tree in Jönköping County on 14 January. A woman who was traveling with him was slightly injured in the accident. [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,975468,00.html Aftonbladet: Krossade av trädet ] ]

*A 9-year-old boy in Motala died after a tree fell on him at around midday on 14 January. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,975466,00.html Aftonbladet: Han såg sonen dö ] ]

*A 24-year-old truck driver was killed in Ullared when his truck was hit by a tree, 14 January. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,975402,00.html Aftonbladet: Flydde med sin bil – dog ] ]

*A 61-year-old man died in Malmö harbor in an accident due to the storm, 14 January. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,975436,00.html Aftonbladet: 61-åring dödades ombord på pråm ] ]

*Two more men died on January 15 when working in the woods in the aftermath of the storm. [ [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=606307&previousRenderType=2 Två döda under skogsarbete ] ]

See also

*The 1999 storm Anatol
*The 2005 storm Erwin

References


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