A construction worker was killed Monday in a landslide in Norway as strong winds and heavy rain pummeled northern Europe, cutting power supplies and disrupting traffic and train services.

The man was killed while working on house struck by a landslide near the western city of Bergen. Six other workers caught in the avalanche escaped with no serious injuries.

Residents were evacuated as landslides destroyed several other homes near the city and hundreds of students were forced to abandon schools threatened by flooding.

All train services were halted between Bergen and the capital, Oslo, due to the risk of boulders falling onto the tracks.

On the west coast, authorities advised residents to leave their cars at home due to dangerously strong winds and to use public transport.

Mudslides halted traffic on several roads and trapped about 50 cars inside a tunnel, while about 2,000 households in the country's southeast lost power.

In southwestern Sweden, electricity supply was cut to 25,000 households and the telephone services of thousands more were disrupted.The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute warned sea levels in the country's southwest overnight Monday could rise by as much as 120 centimeters (47 inches), with winds gusting up to 90 kilometers per hourmiles per hour).

The Finnish Meteorology Institute issued a storm warning for the Baltic Sea, with winds in the country's southwest expected to reach 83 kilometers per hour.

Heavy snow, rain and ice in central Finland was expected to cause major traffic disruptions.