Sweden’s death toll from storm rises to 3

Agencies :

The death toll in Sweden rose to three after a storm battered Scandinavia Saturday and overnight, with thousands still without power on Sunday.

The storm, dubbed Johannes in Sweden, swept over large parts of the northern half of the country and western parts of Finland.

A man in his 60s who had been working in the forest was hit by a falling tree on Saturday in Hofors in Sweden, police said on Sunday. He later died of his injuries in the hospital.