Saturday 28 December 2013

BINTI MREMBO WA KITANZANIA ADAKWA NA MADAWA HUKO MACAU








Polisi wakichunguza vidonge ambavyo huyu mrembo alikuwa amevimeza. 




Waandishi wa habari wakipiga picha vidonge vya heroin alivyokamatwa navyo mremboi huyu wa Kitanzania.



Mwanamke wa Kitanzania mwenye umri wa miaka 28 amekamatwa na kilo 1.1 za dawa za kulevya aina ya heroin huko Macao. Dawa hizo zilikutwa tumboni mwake baada ya kushtukiwa na kufanyiwa X-ray ambapo alikutwa na jumla ya vidonge 66 vyenye thamani ya dola za Kimarekani 137,720.

Mwanamke huyo alikuwa akisafiri kutoka Thailand akielekea Macao Jumanne iliyopita. Aliwaambia polisi kuwa alikuwa anaelekea Guangzhou ambao ni mji wa jimbo la Guangdong huko Chima.

Pichani ni mwanamke huyo wa Kitanzania (akiwa amefunikwa uso) aliyekamatwa na kilo 1.1 za heroin huko Macau. Hapo amepigwa picha na vidonge vyake kwenye press conference huko Macau, Disemba 19, 2013.

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ISAACKIN







WELL,MPAKA SASA HABARI ZILIZOPO NI KWAMBA BINTI HUYOI NI JACK CLIFF MODO AMBAYE ALIOLEWA KWA MBWEMBWE NYINGI NA BAADA YA MIEZI KADHAA MUMEWE AKAKAMATWA NA HAYO MAMBO YA MADAWA MKE AKATOSA NA KUTOKA BARU.INASEMEKANA PIA WALIKUA PAMOJA NA YULE BINTI KIZIWI HUKO CHINA ALIPOKAMATWA NA UNGA.HAYA HIVI SASA NDIO KAMA AROBAINI YAKE ILIFIKA.
BY THE WAY TUMEONGEA NA KUZUNGUMZA SANA HII ISSUE WENGINE TUKAAMBIWA "UOGA WAKO NDIO UMASKINI WAKO".

INACHEKESHA KWANI VIJANA WANAOIBUKA HIVI SASA WAKATI HUU KUFANYA HIYO BIASHARA NWAMEKUWA MALIMBUKENI,KILA SIKU KUJITANGAZA TANGAZA VIPESA VIDOGO WANAVYOPATA KWA BIASHARA HIYO,WAO LEO WANAONA UJANJA WAKATI WENZAO WALIPIGA BIASHARA MIAKA HIYO TENA KIMYA KIMYA NA HAKUNA KTU KUSIKIA AMEKAMATWA.
SASA HIVI BASI MTU AKIFANIKIWA KURUSHA MZIGO AKANUNUA KAGARI INSTA NA FCBK WATAMKOMA.KWETU HAPA SVERIGE NDIO IMEKUA BALAA VIJANA KIBAO WAMEPOTEA HATUWAONI KITAA UKIULIZA UNAAMBIWA WALIBEBA MADUDE WAKADAKWA.HIYO NDIO TABU YA KUTOKUWA NA ELIMU,MTU ANABEBA VITU HARAMU NA KWA UMBULULA WAKE ANADHANI HAPA ULAYA UTAPASUA KILAINI,UMEKUJA MTONI KIAJABU AJABU BADALA YA KUDANGANYA SIJUI WE MKIMBIZI SIJUI MSOMALI MNAJUA WENYEWE,BAADA YA KUPEWA SHERIA MNAKIMBILIA KWENDA KUFANYA UPUNDA NA HUKU OPPOTURNITY ZIPO KIBAO.

BAADA YA HAPO UNAISHIA KUFUNGWA NA UKIWA KIFUNGONI JAMAA NDIO WANAINGIA IN DEEP KUFAHAMU ORIGINALY YAKO,HAPO UKITOKA NI ONE WAY TRIP TO BONGO UKAANZE MAISHA MAPYA.
 ANYWAY NYIE ENDELEENI TU KUBURUTA SIE TUNAENDELEA KUWAHESABU TU MPAKA MUISHE WOTE HUKU MITAANI TUACHE KUBANANA

ALAMSIKI

Wednesday 25 December 2013

Dekula Band live sodra


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 
"Akina Dada Wapewe" present's; Lady Neema,Blanchard Boto & Bobo Sukari. 
Dekula Band "Ngoma Ya Kilo of Stockholm
" Place: Lilla Wien "Little Nairobi" 
Date: 27-28/12/2013 
Time: 21.00-01.00 Swedenborgsg.20
Pendel sodra station

Monday 23 December 2013

Guide to Christmas, Swedish Style

Ready to dive into Christmas Swedish style - or just want to know what it's all about? Welcome to The Local's Guide to Swedish Christmas.
Nu är det jul igen', they all sing - but what does it mean? (Well, directly translated, 'now it's Christmas again'.) From Advent to Lucia and finally to Christmas, December in Sweden is overflowing with festivities, odd and awesome alike. Let's begin. 
Julbord
The renowned Swedish tradition of the smörgåsbord julbord transforms at Christmas time into the Julbord - literally Christmas table. The julbord is essentially a buffet of bizarre and beautiful season Swedish delicacies. These include the basics like Swedish meatballs, but often also jellied pigs' feet, Vienna sausages (known as prinskorv, prince sausages in Swedish), gravadlax - raw salmon cured in dill and lemon, and a traditional dish called Jansson's Temptation - a creamy potato dish with anchovies. Pâtés of liver and seafood are also popular. If you're doing it properly, help yourself to cold dishes first, and then return for the warm food.
A favourite traditional dessert following the julbord is rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar, and milk. Any sort of dessert using figs, such as fig parfait or ice cream or simply frozen or gratinated figs, is also popular. 
The julbord is, of course, accompanied by snaps and aqua vit - but not wine. While a small cup of glögg might be had before the buffet begins, wine with Christmas food is a rookie foreigner mistake.
Glögg
If you're puzzling over how to pronounce this one, just pretend you are chugging a delicious spiced drink which simply tastes like Christmas. One can say that 'glögg' is the sound you make as you gulp down another glass.
In all practicality, however, glögg is not something one chugs. The traditional warm mulled wine is served in miniature cups and is sipped slowly. Most Swedes add blanched peeled almonds and raisins to their cups. 
Bottles of glögg can be purchased in low and no-alcohol varieties at any food market during winter, though for the more full-bodied versions you'll have to head to liquor monopoly Systembolaget, but the drink can also be prepared at home. Glögg is made from red wine and spices such as cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon.
During the last couple of decades the Swedish Tomte has gone through a bit of an identity crisis. The jolly round man known as Santa Claus in the USA goes by this name in Sweden, but originally the Tomte was a gnome - a short, wrinkly-faced mischievous man with roots in Norse paganism.
The Tomte was said to live beneath the floorboards of houses or barns, and protected livestock. He is associated with another Swedish Christmas symbol, a goat (julbock). These days perhaps the most famous incarnation is the Gävle Goat, a giant straw goat which is frequently the victim of arson as Christmas approaches - just like this year.
Several traditional Swedish Christmas songs mention the tomte - including one little ditty the Swedes love to sing as a drinking song before a julbord, 'Hej Tomtegubbar'. Roughly translated the key phrase is 'Hey, jolly gnomes, fill your glasses and let's be merry together.' And if you're going to be in Sweden over Christmas, learn this song. It's simply easier that way.
Photo: Helena Wahlman/Imagebank
The Tree
Swedes have a penchant for dancing in circles around tall objects. During Midsummer they orbit around the Maypole; at Christmas, the Christmas tree. But the idea is the same. Eat, drink, be merry, and sing songs about funny little frogs as you dance around something tall and green.
The Christmas tree itself is decorated, much like in many other parts of the world - but not. While many Swedes do use glass ball ornaments as well nowadays, most still use primarily traditional ornaments made of straw, in the shapes of stars, angels, pinecones, and goats. Gingerbread cookies and paper hearts also make appearances.
Donald Duck
You thought your Swedish mates were going to put on 'It's a Wonderful Life' this Christmas? Think again. It's time for Donald Duck.
Disney's dorky and mildly devilish duck, known as Kalle Anka in Swedish, rules Christmas TV. Christmas celebrations are organised around the figure, we kid you not. Swedes adore the duck. The Disney Christmas special, 'From All of us to All of You', known in Swedish as Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul ("Donald Duck and His Friends Wish You a Merry Christmas"), is shown at 3 pm every year on Christmas Eve.
While Donald gets all the credit, the show in fact features a whole range of classic Disney characters, from Snow White to Mickey Mouse, as well as the eponymous duck. The show was first aired in 1959, and it's been a tradition since. Each time the show, or even one portion of it has been threatened, the public response has been strong enough to restore it. In other words: It's an oldie, it's a goodie, and you can't touch it.
Another Christmas television favourite is 'Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton' by Per Åhlin, from the short story by Tage Danielsson. Made in 1975, the animated movie follows a Robin Hood style theme where wealthy Stockholmers are robbed and the bounty given to the poor.
The Christmas Calendar
Another Christmas TV tradition dates back almost as far, to 1960. The Christmas Calendar, known until 1971 as the Advent Calendar, is a yearly TV series airing one episode each day in December, culminating on Christmas Eve. The show is always aired on Swedish Television (SVT) and has some connection to Christmas.
Read more about this year's Christmas Calendar here
Julmust
Devised by Harry and Robert Robberts in 1910 as an alcohol free alternative to beer, Julmust, which is somewhat like a super sweet, spicey rootbeer, makes up more than 75 percent of drink sales in December, by far outselling Coca Cola, which is usually the most popular drink.
The syrup used in the drink is still made exclusively by the Roberts family in Örebro, though the syrup is then sold to various manufacturers who make the final product their own way. The recipe contains hops, sugar, malt aroma and spices.
The same drink is sold at Easter under a different name, påskmust, but otherwise is unavailable the rest of the year.
God Jul!

TL

Friday 20 December 2013

BREAKINGNEWS Rais Jakaya Kikwete ametengua uteuzi wa mawaziri wanne


Rais Jakaya Kikwete ametengua uteuzi wa mawaziri wanne kufuatia ripoti ya kamati ya bunge kuhusu operesheni tokomeza kubaini uzembe wa vyombo wanavyosimamia. Akitoa taarifa hiyo bungeni waziri mkuu Mh. Mizengo Pinda amesema mawaziri hao wanne ni waziri wa maliasili na utalii balozi Hamis Kagasheki, waziri wa mambo ya ndani Dr. Emmanuel Nchimbi na waziri wa ulinzi Mh. Shamsi Vuai Nahodha na Dr. Mathayo David Mathayo wa mifugo, na maendeleo ya uvuvi.

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MAGANGA HAKOSI SABABU TEH TEH!

Thursday 19 December 2013

Majanga ya kibongobongo.


Mama kajitwika lita 20,mtoto nae hayuko nyuma,angalau ana japo lita moja ya Maji toka kopo la kimbo.
Hii ni hali halisi ambayo wengi wao tuliipitia enzi za njaa,kwasasa nani anakumbuka.kila mtu anajifanya mtoto wa kishua kisa yuko ulaya.
Kwa ujumla mi shuhuli hizi huwa nazifanya kila mara nnapokua home umagangani.kule habari ya advertise sijui nimetoka mtoni huwa naisahau kwa muda.tunakuwa wote wanakijiji.

Tatizo linakuja mtu unatoka Ulaya status ya ukimbizi,haya umekusanya kanauli mwaka Mwaka mzima,ukakusanya kahela ka matumizi mwaka mwingine.na kukusanya si kukusanya(ni kupiga deki,kusugua masufuria,kufagia vyoo na zinazoendana na hizo.
Baada ya hapo huyu mshua akishuka bongo basi anataka kula bata kutembelea ma VX ya washkaji bila kushtuka kwamba huku fagio linamngoja.
Mtu akinunua  viraba vya rea kr 300 tajiri yeye,mtu akienda club ya kueleweka tajiri yeye,mtu akienda kula lunch kitu ambayo kwa kipato cha Hapa ni kawaida lakini maganga ni sikukuu.kuna mabwege wengine watathubutu hata kukuonyesha maziwa na cheese na soda zilivyojaa kwenye friji,maganga huyo anakwambia anakula bata,hallooooow!
Tuko huku jamani kilomita elf 11.maisha haya mkijaribu kufananisha na yaleeeeee,ndo zinakuja habari hizo za kukaa tu na kungoja sociale wakupe senti yao ukale,kisa we mkimbizi.
Amka,Jiamshe,Shtuka,Tupa blanketi ingia mitaani ukatafute maisha.
Maisha si kula ugali na vibawa,hons,sambusa
Maisha si kucheza ndombolo ya dekula
Maisha si kununua kiatu au Nguo nzuri
Jiulize whats your future here??will you Continue to lie till you die??
If you think you Will get a lot of free money one day forget it "no free lunch in Sverige"

The only advice is to wake your ass upp and go to work
Thats where respekt comming from.



Wednesday 18 December 2013

Ethiopian Airlines in unscheduled landing at Arusha municipal field

by: 24 Tanzania Reporter in National 
Information was just received from a regular airline source in Tanzania that Ethiopian Airlines apparently had an unscheduled landing of a B767-300ER at the Arusha Municipal Airport around 13.15 hrs local time.


The airport’s runway is reportedly only 1.620 metres long, or 5.315 feet, too short for regular B767 operations, so the question is now being asked what prompted this high risk landing at ARK (IATA three letter code) / HTAR (ICAO four letter code). The airport’s elevation is given in official documents as 4.550 feet above mean sea level or 1.387 metres.
The aircraft, registered as ET-AQW was operating on flight number ET815 from Addis via Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar and back to Addis.
From initial reports it appears that none of the passengers or crew have been injured and that the plane made it to a complete halt just before the end of the runway. The airport in Arusha has reportedly been closed for any other flights in and out of ARK requiring the rescheduling of Precision Air’s flights as well as a number of charters from and to the national parks.


Additional sources from Kilimanjaro International Airport just gave added details that the flight was approaching JRO but could not land due to an aircraft on the runway with a problem. Why the flight was then diverted to ARK and not a standard diversion airport like Nairobi or Dar es Salaam will be subject to a detailed investigation, especially if rumours were to be confirmed that the incoming flight was short of fuel.
The diversion to Arusha Municipal Airport is already being hotly debated in local aviation circles as it put passengers, crew and aircraft at extreme risk. It is unclear if the B767, even if stripped of equipment and seats, will be able to safely take off from ARK and fly to JRO, when that airport is eventually open and fully operational again.
While full compliments must be extended to the cockpit crew for their skills to land the plane safely the reasons for the diversion will be subject to a full air incident enquiry with all options presently kept open as to the reasons for the unscheduled diversion. Stand by for more updates as and when more news and additional information become available

Saturday 14 December 2013

Two women held for Sh135m drugs



Head of Anti-drugs Unit (ADU) Godfrey Nzowa, said the 122 capsules removed from Ms Makuhani were a record amount to be carried by a woman in the stomach.PHOTO|FILE 
By Bernard James, The Citizen Reporter

Posted  Saturday, December 14  2013 at  08:51
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  • Ms Mariamu Hamad Makuhani, 29, had reportedly released 122 capsules worth Sh90 million by noon yesterday, while another suspect Hadija Shomari had released 65 pellets worth Sh45 million.
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Dar es Salaam. Two women were arrested yesterday at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) carrying 187 heroine-filled capsules worth Sh135 million in their stomachs.
Ms Mariamu Hamad Makuhani, 29, had reportedly released 122 capsules worth Sh90 million by noon yesterday, while another suspect Hadija Shomari had released 65 pellets worth Sh45 million.
Head of Anti-drugs Unit (ADU) Godfrey Nzowa, said the 122 capsules removed from Ms Makuhani were a record amount to be carried by a woman in the stomach.
The biggest amount of heroin to be carried in the stomach was recorded in 2005 when a man released some 124 capsules.
Officers from the special anti-drugs task-force suspected the two women who were about to board a Qatar Airways flight to Hong Kong.
The task-force comprises the police and officials from immigration, customs, the Tanzania Airport Authority (TAA), the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services (TISS).
Upon interrogation, the suspects claimed they were businesswomen heading to China to buy clothes.
This is the second such an incident at JNIA in less than two weeks. On December 4, the task-force officials detained a Sierra Leonean who carried some 1.5 kilogrammes of cocaine in his stomach worth Sh80 million. Abdu Koroma, 33, was arrested on his arrival from Brazil aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight after security officers became suspicious of the way he carried himself.
The suspect, whom police say lives in London, discharged 95 pellets under police supervision.

Thursday 12 December 2013

ISAACKIN NDANI YA LIBENEKE 24/7 TENA


Maganga mimi nikijaribu kuparura samaki kama mvuvi pale ziwa viktoria

habari za masiku waungwana na wanakijiwe hiki cha Isaackin.ni masiku kibao nimekuwa sipo hewani kwa muda mrefu japo nilikuwa busy sikuwasahau kwa kuwatundikia habari za hapa na pale zinazoendelea ulimwenguni.
ingawa mlinikosa kwa habari zangu moto moto na zingine za kuchefua akili kwa sasa kijana wenu mtiiiifuuuuuuuu,mwaminiiiiiiifuuuuu,nkonyofuuuuu(km mnakumbuka kale kababu kanapuliza chai ipoe)ok  niko hewani tena.
kwa ujumla nilikua nimeingia ile elimu ya ukubwani kujaribu kutoa ujinga maana sometyme akili unaifeel ikiwa matope matupu.na kwa sisi tuliokuja zamia nchi za wenyewe bila shule kuna kupiga deki na kifagio kinakusubiri mpaka ufe.
otherwise ni kusoma tu huku hamna kukimbia umande.kwasababu umande tunaishi nao na wenyewe wenye nji yao hii wanaupenda umande utaukimbia uende wapi?sometyme ni kama tunameza chai yenye pilipili kibao huku tukiisifia ina utamu wa asali.
haya bandugu kwa sasa nimerudi mtaani kama kawaida na tuendeleze libeneke kwa kutumiana mapicha ya bethedei,kumeremeta,michango ya harusi,misiba(hii si sana).komunyoo n.k.

Thursday 5 December 2013

Nelson Mandela Dies,World Mourn


A look back at the life of Nelson Mandela
BBC
South Africans have gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader, Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95.
Crowds paid tribute, dancing and singing in front of Mr Mandela's former home in Soweto throughout the night.
Flags flew at half mast after President Jacob Zuma announced his death in a late night national TV address.
Mr Mandela spent 27 years in jail before becoming South Africa's first black president in 1994.
His administration replaced the racist white-minority regime that had enforced segregation of black and white people in a policy known as apartheid.
South Africans gathered outside the home of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, singing and chanting slogans to celebrate his life
Mr Mandela went on to become one of the world's most respected statesmen.
A service of national mourning will be held at a 95,000-seater stadium on the outskirts of Johannesburg. His body will then lie in state for three days in the capital, Pretoria, before being taken for a state funeral in the village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape, where he grew up.
"God was so good to us in South Africa by giving us Nelson Mandela to be our president at a crucial moment in our history," said long-time ally Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
Nelson Mandela
1918 Born in the Eastern Cape
1943 Joins ANC
1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped after a four-year trial
1962 Jailed for five years for incitement and leaving country without a passport
1964 Charged with sabotage, sentenced to life
1990 Freed from prison
1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994-99 Serves as president
2004 Retires from public life
2005 Announces his son has died of an HIV/Aids-related illness
At a service in Cape Town on Friday, he said Mr Mandela had "taught a divided nation to come together".
Mr Mandela had been suffering from a lung illness for a long time.
He had been receiving treatment at home since September, when he was discharged from hospital.
As soon as the news broke, small crowds began to gather in Soweto's Vilakazi Street, where Mr Mandela lived in the 1940s and 1950s.
Crowds chanted apartheid-era songs, including one with the lyrics: "We have not seen Mandela in the place where he is, in the place where he is kept."
The announcement of Mandela's death was made by President Jacob Zuma
By daybreak, dozens more had gathered.
"We are celebrating his life and all that he did for us," said one of the mourners, Terry Mokoena.
Crowds also gathered outside Mr Mandela's current home, in Johannesburg's northern suburb of Houghton, where he died.
Across the world, leaders, celebrities and members of the public have been paying tribute.
"He achieved more than could be expected of any man. Today, he has gone home," said US President Barack Obama.

Analysis

When Africans mourn, they do it through song, dance and music, so as South Africans and awoke to news of Nelson Mandela's death, crowds had begun gathering outside his homes, in Houghton and Soweto.
They are mourning him through songs of struggle and church hymns. One of the songs is "Nelson Mandela ha hona ea tshwanang le yena" which in Sotho means there is no-one like Nelson Mandela. This song and many others like it encapsulate the deep sense of loss here and the realisation that his passing marks the end of an era.
Even South Africans who had never met him had made a special place for him in their hearts. They will remember him as the father of the nation, who brought an end to apartheid and delivered the nation from the brink of civil war.
The mood is a combination of sombreness and reflection. His passing has brought unity amongst South Africans as black and white speak of their love for him. Many here will be drawing on that same spirit for strength, that "Madiba magic" over the next few days and weeks.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called him "a giant for justice and a down-to-earth human inspiration".
Flags are flying at half-mast on government buildings in Washington DC, Paris and across South Africa.
Next Monday is expected to be the start of South Africa's official mourning, with a service in Soweto's FNB stadium.
Mr Mandela's body will lie in state for three days before a funeral is held on Saturday in Qunu, the village in Eastern Cape where he was born.
In his TV address, Mr Zuma said Mr Mandela had died shortly before 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT).
"Our nation has lost its greatest son," Mr Zuma said.
"Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss."
Mr Mandela won admiration around the world when he preached reconciliation after being freed from almost three decades of imprisonment.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 along with FW de Klerk, South Africa's last white president.
Mr de Klerk, who ordered Mr Mandela's release from jail, called him a "unifier" and said he had "a remarkable lack of bitterness".
He told the BBC that Mr Mandela's greatest legacy was that "we are basically at peace with each other notwithstanding our great diversity, that we will be taking hands once again now around his death and around our common sadness and mourning".
Woman outside Mandela's home in Johannesburg (5 Dec 2013)Many of those gathered outside the former leader's home were reduced to tears at the news
Lungi Morrison, granddaughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, at a memorial in London (6 Dec 2013)In London mourners placed flowers outside the African High Commission - among them the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lungi Morrison
UN Security Council The UN Security Council in New York stood for a minute of silence
Mr Mandela had rarely been seen in public since officially retiring in 2004. He made his last public appearance in 2010, at the football World Cup in South Africa.
Roving diplomat
Born in 1918, Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943, as a law student.
He and other ANC leaders campaigned against apartheid. Initially he campaigned peacefully but in the 1960s the ANC began to advocate violence, and Mr Mandela was made the commander of its armed wing.
He was arrested for sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964, serving most of his sentence on Robben Island.
FW de Klerk: Mandela "was a great unifier"
It was forbidden to quote him or publish his photo, but he and other ANC leaders were able to smuggle out messages of guidance to the anti-apartheid movement.
He was released in 1990 as South Africa began to move away from strict racial segregation - a process completed by the first multi-racial elections in 1994.
Mr Mandela served a single term as president before stepping down in 1999.
After leaving office, he became South Africa's highest-profile ambassador, campaigning against HIV/Aids and helping to secure his country's right to host the 2010 football World Cup.
He was also involved in peace negotiations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and other countries in Africa and elsewhere.
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Wild' snow storms set to smother Sweden



'Wild' snow storms set to smother Sweden

The first snow storms of the season are set to trounce Sweden, with even southern Sweden expected to be covered in 20 centimetres of white by the weekend.
    If you've not got the winter boots out of storage, now is the time. A snow storm bringing high-speed winds is set to smack Sweden from the west on Thursday. 
    "It will be properly windy and there could be quite a lot of snow, even in far reaches of Skåne," Therese Fougman, meteorologist at Swedish weather agencySMHI told the TT news agency, adding that northern Svealand could expect up to 20 centimetres of snow.
    She said that the weather would mark the first snow storm of the season, and that the combination of wind and snow "will make things properly wild".
    The trouble is expected to start begin when a low pressure system moves into Götaland and Svealand from the west some time on Thursday.
    Roar Inge Hansen, a meteorolgist at Storm weather agency, told the Expressen newspaper that he was "scared that it will turn to chaos at once".
    Meteorologists from TV4 suggested that southern Sweden may even be swamped by "up to 30 centimetres" of snow.
    Due to the low temperatures, the snow is expected to settle on the ground throughout the weekend as the storm passes westward over Gotland and into the sea.
    SMHI has not yet announced any weather warnings, but will do so on Wednesday at the earliest.