Red warning for snow – schools close in Skellefteå

A municipality is a local authority responsible for, for example, schools and elder care. Skellefteå municipality has announced that grades 5–9 will have homework at home or distance teaching on Friday, and that upper secondary school and adult education will have distance learning. The preschool classes, grades 1–4 and the after-school centres stay open, and all preschools are to stay open as usual. Notice regarding adapted compulsory school and upper secondary school will come later.

SMHI (the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) has issued a red warning for Skellefteå from 18.00 Thursday to 23.00 on Friday, and between 50 and 80 centimetres of snow may fall. Trafikverket, which is responsible for the state roads, has stationed snowploughs at the emergency services' premises in Skellefteå during the storm. SVT Nyheter Västerbotten Norran