2023-10-21 14:21:11
The storm on the Baltic Sea also caused damage in northern Europe. In Denmark there were floods in several places, in some places the water was two meters higher than usual, the Ritzau news agency reported on Saturday. Images showed people wading through the water or starting to clean up the mess.
According to the Danish broadcaster DR, for example, several houses were damaged at the port of Rødvig. The station released footage of a man standing in a flooded house and playing the piano.
Copenhagen airport is back to normal operations
In Norway, thousands of people temporarily had no electricity. According to the NTB news agency, around 21,000 people were affected on Saturday morning. The rescue workers were reported to have, among other things, fallen trees and problems on roads and train routes.
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The ferry company Scandlines let ships sail between Germany and Denmark again on Saturday. The airport in Copenhagen also announced on the short message service X that the airport was operating normally again. Ritzau reported that a plane had to turn around at Aarhus Airport on Friday evening because it could not land.
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