The southern parts of the country bore the brunt of the weahter. Erik Höjgård-Olsen, a meteorologist at the Swedish weather agency SMHI, stated that the storm was at its most intense in an area stretching from Småland up to southern Gästrikland. The 10,000 lightning strikes take in figures from the whole of the country.
"In the last half hour we've had just over 2,000 strikes, and around 3,000 during the half hour before that, which is proof that it is starting to ease off," Höjgård-Olsen told TT at around 6pm on Sunday.
The storm then moved on towards the Baltic coast. In its wake, a yellow weather warning was issued for large amounts of rain in Västerbotten and Västernorrland, just south of Umeå, which is in place until around 2pm on Monday.
The thunder and lightning caused disruption in several areas. Aftonbladet reported that a barn in Haninge, south of Stockholm, caught fire, while a water leak occurred in Huddinge as a result of the storm. In Kalmar, a football match between Kalmar FF and Örgryte IS had to be abandoned when heavy rain and thunder moved in over the area, according to local newspaper Barometern.
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