During lunchtime on Monday, three flood alerts in Rättvik came in in less than ten minutes. The rainy weather has hit parts of Dalarna. When SVT reached the emergency services, units had been sent to the affected areas, but there was no time to answer questions.
"It's raining a lot. I don't really have time to talk, the phone rings now, says the rescue service when SVT reaches them by phone.
Residents in Rättvik testify to destroyed roads and water rushing through gardens.
Thunderstorm causes power outage
In Älvdalen and Mora municipalities, a total of over 11,000 households were temporarily without power due to thunderstorms on Monday afternoon. The majority of outages have been short-lived, and many households have now had power restored, The power outages have occurred in several different places.
See in the clip the large amounts of sludge that gushes through the residential area.