Fall storm keeps the units of the Helsinki Rescue Service in motion.
According to the fire marshal on duty, tasks have started to increase throughout the day.
According to the fire chief, there have been a dozen different damage prevention tasks so far.
The fire department has mainly been employed by various mild wind damages. The rain hasn’t been a problem yet.
“Different chapels falling apart here and there around Helsinki,” says the fire marshal on duty.
The weather has also hindered traffic in the evening. At seven o’clock in the evening there is water on the road on Kehä III in Vantaa and trees have fallen on the road on Lahdenväylä. Both lanes are closed to traffic.
The storm has also caused widespread power outages in the country. At 8:30 p.m., there were more than 21,000 customers without electricity in the entire country, managed by the Energy Industry the map by.
Due to the noise, the advertising poster fell from the wall of Postitalo in the center of Helsinki on Wednesday evening.
A large sign flew onto the tram rails on Helsinginkatu and briefly cut off tram traffic.
The wind has already blown at more than 20 meters per second in Helsinki. The heaviest readings on Wednesday were measured by the meteorologist on duty at the Finnish Meteorological Institute Jouko Korhonen including at the Helsinki lighthouse, where the wind rose to 24 meters per second.
Also at the Kumpula observation station, for example, the wind was momentarily 22 meters per second. A little further north inland, in Espoo’s Nuuksio, the strongest wind gust has been 18 meters per second.
According to Korhonen, the worst rains have not hit the capital region. So far, 4–8 millimeters of water has fallen at various measuring stations. In Åland, on the other hand, it has already rained more than 30 millimeters of water by Wednesday afternoon.
Korhonen estimates that the noise will remain pretty much the same until at least nine in the evening. In total, water will easily accumulate on Wednesday over 10 millimeters. The strong wind will continue until Thursday morning.
An electrical cabinet that fell onto the hood of a car in Ruoholahti.
A tree branch broke in Ruoholahti in the afternoon.
The wind was tearing the umbrellas already in the morning.
An autumn storm raged Helsinki’s market.
Helsinki’s herring market at Kauppatori had to be closed early on Wednesday due to strong winds.
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