Roofs ripped off, trees blocked roads, bridges closed, and unnecessary driving discouraged: the top news stories about Storm Otto from across Denmark

(The article was being updated regularly, and the last update was published at midnight.)

• Badehotel, located in Løkken, which was considered one of the places where the storm was strongest, suffered severe damage to the hotel's roof in some places and the building sustained significant damage.

• The circus tent was dismantled and torn to pieces at the Bakken amusement park in Klampenborg.

• Bornholm police urge citizens to stay in their homes

• Copenhagen police closed the area around Østerbrogade No. 110 because the roof structure was unsafe and parts of it had fallen onto the street. Traffic was prohibited between Østerbrogade and Skt Nøjsomhedsvej. Police said residents living in the area between Østerbrogade, Nøjsomhedvej, Kirsteingade and Skt. Jakobs Plads should stay indoors.

• The scaffolding we mentioned earlier that collapsed in Roskilde, on the outskirts of the capital, damaged more than 50 cars. The height of the construction scaffolding was 5 stories.
• Police are warning residents near construction scaffolding not to leave their homes.
• A lamppost fell onto a sports field in the Knabstrup area of northwest Zealand, but no injuries were reported.
• The train from Copenhagen to Helsingør was cancelled after a tree fell on the railway tracks.

• Copenhagen Airport: Passengers trapped inside planes may have to wait for hours. Click here for details.

• General advice in such situations includes charging mobile phones and other devices in anticipation of possible power outages due to the storm.
• A cyclone hit eastern Jutland, where the Sletterhage lighthouse recorded winds of 32.9 meters per second, consistent with cyclone strength.
• The average wind speed in Bornholm is now 24.4 meters per second in Hammer Odde Fyr, which is 0.1 meters per second below the storm threshold, and the wind speed is expected to increase in the next few hours.
• North Jutland police are now advising against driving unless absolutely necessary and urging residents to stay indoors.
• Warning to motorists not to cross the Farøbro bridge
  Especially light and wind-sensitive vehicles due to strong winds.
• There are reports of trees falling in several places in Zealand where Storm Otto hit the region, one of them at the junction between Holmstrupvej and Slagelsevej near Jyderup.
• North Jutland police say residents at Granlien 53-31 in Aalborg should stay in their homes because the roof is coming apart.
• The Øresundsbroen bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden will be completely closed until 03:00 am.
• Motorists warned of falling trees across the country
  The Roads Department is warning of falling trees on roads in Jutland, Funen and Zealand, and motorists can follow the department's warnings continuously on the Trafikinfo website. .
• The Storebæltsbroen bridge is currently closed to light and wind-sensitive vehicles, as are the Vejlefjord bridge and the Svendborgsund bridge. Wind-sensitive vehicles are advised not to use them due to the storm.
• A large tree fell in the suburbs of the capital, in Rødovre, on the road at the intersection between Korsdalsvej and Plantagevej.
• A large construction scaffold collapsed in Roskilde, on the outskirts of the capital in Zealand.
• It was announced shortly before 6 pm that the Øresund Bridge is now completely closed to all traffic.
  The Øresund Bridge has been closed to both road and rail traffic in both directions due to the storm. It is not expected to reopen until 3:00 AM, the Roads Directorate tweeted.
• Two flights were diverted from Copenhagen Airport. Copenhagen Airport remained open to air traffic despite the raging storm Otto, but two pilots refused to land there and were therefore redirected to Berlin. One flight, operated by Pegasus Airlines, originated in Antalya, Turkey. The other, operated by Austrian Airlines, originated in Vienna, Austria. The Pegasus flight attempted to land but the pilot decided against it, and the airline's operations center subsequently found another airport, which turned out to be Berlin.