Storm in Europe: There are dead, thousands without electricity

In the stormy weather this morning in Central Europe with winds of up to 160 kilometers per hour, two drivers were killed in the west of Poland, and in the Czech Republic a man and a woman on the street when a tree collapsed on them.

In the northwest of Poland, the driver was killed when he ran into a felled tree on the road, and in the west of the Opole region, the wind broke the tree on a car in which the driver was killed and the passenger was injured.

In the Czech Republic, in the south of the country, a man died when a wind hit him on a tree street, and in the same way a woman in the east of the country died. Authorities in Poland and the Czech Republic are asking the citizens not to leave without any need because Hurricane Gregor is still strengthening from the west, and it is expected that the stormy weather will start to take off only tonight.

In the port of Gdańsk in the Baltic Sea, entry into cemeteries and city parks is prohibited, and the Zoo has remained closed for the safety of visitors and animals today in the Czech capital.

The Polish Fire Brigade has been sending storms from the morning since 1,200 in 1,200 firefighting and rescue operations, and the storm damaged pipelines in the Liquefied Gas Terminal in Swinoujscie in the northwest of Poland, Polish Fire Brigade spokeswoman Pavel Frontcak said, according to Polsat.

The Hurricane Wind ruptured a part of the metal roof of the terminal in Svinjoujšaj to the pipeline and damaged it, but the gas was not leaking in large quantities, Gazprom spokesman Tomaš Pjetrašenjski said.

Both in Poland and the Czech Republic, due to broken lines and network failures, there were more than 100,000 people left without electricity.

Railway traffic in both countries is difficult due to felled trees and branches on the stretches, while the stormy weather caused a slight increase in water levels on the Polish and Czech rivers.

Strong winds caused great damage in Slovakia, and due to the storm, a cemetery in Bratislava was closed. The authorities invited people to be cautious when visiting the cemeteries for the feast of All Saints.

In Berlin, one person was seriously injured due to a collapse of the building scaffold, reports Dpa. Deutsche Bahn has closed many lines in the northern and central part of the country, according to many cities like Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig.

In Hamburg, the Elba River broke through the banks and the services struggled to prevent the flood of the nearest areas. Due to the wind, a two-and-a-half hour football match in Dresden between Dynamo Dresden and Eintracht Braunschweig was postponed.

The storm "Xavier", which hit Germany at the beginning of the month, took seven lives.

• 29 Oct, 2017
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