The snow situation worse than feared in Umeå - the street manager: "Can't make it"

SMHI issued a yellow warning for snowfall around the Umeå area. The forecast showed that the greatest amount of precipitation would come as rain. But during the night and Friday, the snow fell instead.

- The forecast is not correct. There is much more snow than we thought. We are having quite a struggle now, says Per Hilmersson.

Must prioritize blue light

The municipality was actually supposed to prioritize cycle and footpaths during Friday, but is now forced to change and plow streets so that blue lights can get through.

- We have all resources up and running. But some start needing to sleep soon too, they have been driving since yesterday. Had we known this, we could have posted it differently.

- Overall, it's quite noisy outside now, it's heavy snow. We work as hard as we can. But expect trouble in traffic for both pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.

Worry about tomorrow: Everything freezes

He is worried about tomorrow when it is expected to be colder.

- Then all the snow can freeze together, it becomes rock hard.

Will you have time to remove all the snow by tonight?

- We don't have time for everything. But I'm hoping for enough so it won't be too much of a problem tomorrow. It will snow all day.