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What impact is Storm Floris having on Sweden?

Storm Floris arrived on the coast of Bohuslän, north of Gothenburg, on Tuesday morning, with winds recorded of 23 m/s (80km/h) and rail lines closed to traffic. Here's how it is affecting transport and other infrastructure. Advertisement "It's started to get blowy already on the coast," Fredrik Cronvall, a meteorologist for Sweden's public weather forecaster SMHI, told the TT newswire at 7.30am. "Out on the coast of Bohuslän we're expecting the winds to peak before lunch. It is unusual to have such powerful winds in the summertime." The rescue services in Strömstad on the affected coastline said at 9am that they had not so far been called out to any emergencies. SMHI is warning residents in the affected areas to tie up any loose objects and prepare for delays to traffic on road and rail. The agency issued six yellow weather warnings on Tuesday night, covering the coastal areas north and south of Gothenburg, inland around Lake Vänern and right up towards Värmland north of Karlstad, and five sections of the Baltic Sea: around and between Öland and Gotland, and four in the Gulf of Bothnia from Gävle and northwards. "On the northern coast of Bohuslän and parts of Lake Vänern, storm gusts of over 25 m/s are likely," SMHI wrote in the warning, which is valid until 8pm. Advertisement On Tuesday morning, power cuts affected nearly 4,000 households in the Västra Götaland region around Gothenburg, and ferries had been cancelled on routes between Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The ferry between Sandefjord and Strömstad has also stopped running. The Swedish Transport Administration decided on Wednesday to close the Kinnekullebanan rail route between Håkantorp and Gårdsjö via Lidköping and Mariestad, with the route closed from midnight on Monday until midnight on Tuesday. Mats Eliasson, a press officer for the municipality in Uddevalla, said that the municipality was not expecting any dramatic disruptions. "We are used to wind on the west coast and the way it looks now, it's not going to be anything too extreme," he said.