AMN WEBDESK
At least four people died and thousands were left without power as Storm Malik swept through northern Europe over the weekend, destroying houses and cars, closing bridges and causing flooding while halting transport.
Storm Malik was advancing in the Nordic region on Sunday, bringing strong gusts of wind, and extensive rain and snowfall in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Malik reached the Nordic region and northern Germany late Saturday after moving in from Britain where it caused havoc with material damage and transport chaos, hitting Scotland particularly bad.
Several killed
On Saturday, one person in the German town of Beelitz in the state of Brandenburg just southwest of Berlin was killed when he was hit by an election poster that had been loosened by the wind, Bild newspaper reported. A companion was also injured.
Scotland saw winds of 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour. A 60-year-old woman in Aberdeen died after being hit by a falling tree.
In central England, a 9-year-old boy was also killed when a tree fell on him. A man with him at the time was injured.
Some 130,000 homes across England were without electricity after power lines were cut.
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said that many in Scotland have had power reconnected but power disruptions will continue as another storm is due to come on Sunday.
In Poland’s Wejherowo County, on the Baltic Coast, one person was killed and another injured by a falling tree, according to the Rzeczpospolita newspaper. Across the country, more than 680,000 people were without power.
In the Czech Republic, two workers were buried by a 5-meter (16-foot) wall that was blown down in an industrial area, with one dying of his injuries at the site of the accident.
Another fatality was reported by police in Denmark, where a 78-year-old woman died from severe injuries after falling in strong winds.