COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A powerful storm over the North Sea hit northern Europe and led to dozens of train and ferry cancellations Friday in northern Denmark and southern Norway as the Danish Meteorological Institute forecast hurricane-force wind gusts.
The storm, named Otto, was set to move east over Sweden and the Baltic Sea. In Finland, authorities said there could be power outages over the weekend.
Norwegian meteorologist on duty Håkon Mjelstad told Norwegian newspaper VG that a “fairly strong” low-pressure system was behind the storm.
Ferries in southern Norway were canceled. Some 5,000 passengers will have to wait until at least Saturday to take ferries between northern Denmark and southern Norway, Danish broadcaster DR said….