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Tärendö tornado

28 July 2026 · Tärendö, Sweden · IF1.5

One afternoon a tornado moved in over the Kalix river in the far north of Sweden. It knocked down thousands of trees in the forest. Some of them fell on summer cabins, boats, sheds and roads. Nobody was in the cabins and no injuries were reported.

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This tornado happened north of the Arctic Circle, one of the least likely places on Earth for one.

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