London, Jan. 30 (BNA) A storm called the owner of the North Sea hit parts of Europe today, Saturday, as strong winds claimed two lives in Britain.
A nine-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on him in the English village of Wynothdale, local police said. German news agency dpa reported that a man who was with 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.
Wind speeds were measured at nearly 140 kilometers per hour on the east coast of Scotland. Two top-flight football matches have been canceled as a precaution.
Across Britain, the storm left more than 130,000 homes without power.
Ritzau news agency reported that Malik also arrived in Denmark, where 10,000 emergency workers were on standby.
Radio station TV2 reported Saturday that in the town of Frederiksund, 20 people in need of daily care have been moved to a safe place as care cannot be guaranteed in case of flooding.
On the island of New Zealand, where the Danish capital Copenhagen is located, almost all regional train traffic has been suspended, according to radio DR.
The Øresund Bridge, which connects Copenhagen to Sweden, has been closed due to the storm.
A tumultuous night also awaited northern Germany. The German Met Office has warned of strong winds in the northeastern half of the country.
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has also issued storm warnings for German coastal areas.
The agency warned that the water level in the Elbe region around Hamburg was 2.5 to 3 meters higher than the average high tide, raising the level of its previous warning. The water level is expected to peak around 1:50 a.m. (0050 GMT) on Sunday.
Similar warnings exist in the German Friesian Islands.
In the German states of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Bremen, police officers and firefighters have been called in repeatedly to help clear fallen trees, loose roof tiles and other accidents caused by severe weather.
Since noon, the central regional control center in Schleswig-Holstein has answered about 200 calls within four hours, according to a spokesperson.
Many train services in the far north of Germany have been canceled or delayed.
For Scotland, the passage of Storm Malik is not everything: The Met Office said a new storm is approaching the nation and has been named Cory.
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