Freeze in Europe’s Far North Unleashes Chaos as It Sweeps South
- Icy weather disrupts train services in Sweden and Finland
- Finnish power prices surge to an all-time high on Friday
Photographer: Johan Nilsson/AFP/Getty Images
The deep freeze gripping Europe’s northernmost region is edging south, paralyzing transport systems and pushing power prices to record levels.
The icy conditions, which produced the coldest January for 25 years in parts of Sweden near the Arctic Circle, will spread to Nordic capitals over the weekend. Helsinki and Stockholm are forecast to see lows around -20C, while Oslo is set for a minimum of -28C on Friday, according to Maxar Technologies Inc.