Berlin, Jan. 31 (BNA): The death toll linked to a powerful storm that swept parts of Europe rose to five on Sunday, after more accidents linked to high winds were reported in Poland and the Czech Republic.
A 27-year-old man died on Sunday in the northern Polish province of Pomerania when a tree fell on his car. Deutsche News Agency (dpa) reported that another person was injured in the accident.
Across Poland, firefighters have responded to thousands of calls to remove fallen trees from roads and protect roofs. According to the authorities, about 680,000 families were without power due to damaged power lines.
In the Czech Republic, a five-meter-high wall collapsed in an industrial park in Veliky Pretokno, west of Prague, burying two workers. One of them died on the site; The other was taken to hospital with broken bones.
The police opened an investigation into the accident.
Earlier Sunday, German police said a passerby was killed by falling debris.
A local police spokesman said the man was hit by an election poster in the southwest Berlin town of Beelitz.
The accident occurred shortly after 10 pm (2100 GMT) on Saturday as the storm – known in Germany as Nadia but internationally as Malik – accelerated overnight.
On Saturday, two people were killed in Britain by falling trees.
A nine-year-old boy was killed when he was hit by a tree in the English village of Wynothdale, local police said. A man who was accompanying him at the time was seriously injured.
A 60-year-old woman was hit by a tree and killed, local police in Aberdeen, on the east coast of Scotland, said.
Across Britain, the storm left more than 130,000 homes without power.
Several warnings of floods were issued on the coasts of the North Sea.
In Hamburg, a severe storm swamped the famous fish market in the German port city of the Altona region. The water level was measured at 2.84 meters above average overnight in the Sankt Pauli region.
Rail traffic in Germany was still affected on Sunday, with many trains canceled or delayed.
Ritzau news agency reported that Malik also arrived in Denmark, where 10,000 emergency workers have been put on standby to deal with emergencies.
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