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Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTwo people have died in Sweden after a powerful winter storm swept across Nordic countries, causing travel disruption and power outages.<\/p>\n The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued alerts for strong winds for large parts of the northern half of the country as Storm Johannes hit.<\/p>\n One man in his 50s died after being struck by a tree in the Kungsberget ski resort in the country’s south, local media and police reported; while regional utility company, Hemab, said that one of its employees died in an accident “in the field”.<\/p>\n Tens of thousands of homes in Sweden, Norway and Finland have been left without power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In Sweden, more than 40,000 homes were affected by power outages and numerous rail services were cancelled, Swedish news agency TT reported.<\/p>\n Several flights, rail and ferry services across parts of the Nordic nations have been cancelled. <\/p>\n Roads and rail services have also been disrupted due to the storm conditions.<\/p>\n In Norway’s Nordland region, one of the most northerly counties in the country, the fire department responded to more than 200 weather\u2011related incidents, broadcaster NRK reported.<\/p>\n Storm Johannes cut power to around 23,000 homes in Nordland and a further 9,000 were without electricity in the Inland region, NRK said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In Finland, the storm, known there as Hannes, subsided on Sunday morning but had left more than 33,000 homes without power, according to public broadcaster Yle.<\/p>\n Flights at Kittila airport in northern Finland were grounded after heavy winds pushed a passenger jet and a smaller plane off the runway and into a bank of snow, the Helsinki Times reported.<\/p>\n The Swiss Air jet, carrying about 150 passengers, had just landed from Geneva and was taxiing when it veered off, the paper said. The smaller jet, a 400XT model, was on the ground at the same time and was also pushed off course by the wind, it added.<\/p>\n There have been no reported injuries.<\/p>\n The Swedish Transport Administration announced that many train services have been suspended until noon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n