Freezing weather in Finland to ease next week

Freezing weather in Finland to ease next week

Finland remains locked in severe winter cold, with temperatures plunging below −40 degrees Celsius in Lapland, as forecasters say a gradual easing of the freeze will begin next week. Foreca and the Finnish Meteorological Institute confirmed that temperatures in Savukoski, eastern Lapland, dropped to −42.8 degrees on Friday morning, the lowest reading recorded in the country so far this winter. Several weather stations across central Lapland also…