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Region Gotland tightened its boil-water advisory after tests detected Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the drinking water. No illnesses are confirmed yet, but residents are urged to boil water, potentially through late January, while the cause is investigated.

Tourists on Gotland are adapting to a historic water shortage by bathing in the sea and limiting shower time after Region Gotland warns groundwater levels have fallen to record lows.

Buckled train tracks, fires and thunderstorms are causing major problems for the country's railways, Thursday.