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Swedish agencies hold emergency meeting ahead of Storm Floris

Sweden's road and weather agencies held an emergency meeting on Monday to prepare a response to Storm Floris, which is expected to slam into the west coast north and south of Gothenburg on Monday night. Advertisement Meteorologists from Sweden's public weather forecaster, SMHI, met on Monday with representatives of the Swedish Transport Authority to plan the agencies' response. The transport agency is considering closing at least two bridges in Gothenburg, the Uddevallabron and Älvsborgsbron, and is also stopping rail traffic on certain lines, to protect against winds of more then 24 m/s. Peter Jonsson, press officer at the Swedish Transport Administration, said there were several ways that Sweden could prepare for the storm's arrival. "One is to ensure that we have more people on standby who are prepared to carry out operations where needed. An alternative is to close certain routes. Those are the things we can do, but at the moment no such decisions have been taken." READ ALSO: What do Sweden's weather warnings actually mean? The storm swept through Scotland and Northern Ireland on Monday, leading to the cancellation of flights from Glasgow to the Scottish islands, and to a ban on some vehicles on most of Scotland's major bridges, and trees being blown over onto roads and houses. Edinburgh Castle has had to close due to the gales. Advertisement READ ALSO: How can you protect your Swedish home against downpours? SMHI has issued yellow warnings for the whole Skagerrak and Kattegat seas, covering the entire west coast from Oslo to just north of Helsingborg. A yellow warning is the third highest in SMHI's traffic-light system and means that the weather "may have consequences for society", with buildings potentially damaged and roads potentially blocked.