https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Severe thunderstorms and heavy winds on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning have delayed trains and disrupted road traffic across southern Sweden, according to the Swedish Transport Administration. https://www.thelocal.se/20190612/thunderstorms-hit-trains-and-roads-in-southern-sweden Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:01:28 +0200 thunderstorms-hit-trains-and-roads-in-southern-sweden Tens of thousands of Swedes were left without power for several hours after a thunderstorm caused a huge blackout in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20160801/thunderstorms-tornadoes-and-fires-you-must-be-joking Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:17:35 +0200 thunderstorms-tornadoes-and-fires-you-must-be-joking UPDATED: Residents in southern Sweden were being warned of flooding on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160711/flood-alerts-as-heavy-rain-batters-sweden Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:20:44 +0200 flood-alerts-as-heavy-rain-batters-sweden Swedish weather forecasters predict that the sun may peek out from behind the clouds on Wednesday, after heavy rain and thunder storms battered parts of Sweden and much of Europe on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20150506/chance-of-sun-after-heavy-rain-batters-sweden Wed, 06 May 2015 09:53:38 +0200 chance-of-sun-after-heavy-rain-batters-sweden A sailboat in Stockholm sank on Thursday morning after it was hit by lightning, the latest chapter of Sweden's wild summer weather. https://www.thelocal.se/20140807/lightning-strike-sinks-swedish-sailboat Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:29:00 +0200 lightning-strike-sinks-swedish-sailboat Violent thunderstorms are the source of major headaches for train passengers in south-eastern Sweden. The weather has caused large disturbances in train schedules, which will likely continue all weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110723/35118 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:15:00 +0200 35118