At least four people have fallen victim to Hurricane
Niklas that has raged through Northern Europe, causing destruction and travel
chaos with fallen trees and debris becoming a widespread scene, according to RT.com.
Police in
Germany have confirmed three deaths so far across Germany. One victim died near
Magdeburg, east Germany, after a concrete wall was blown over by the storm. The
other confirmed victims were two road maintenance workers who died after a tree
fell onto their car in Rhineland-Palatinate.
As winds reached up to 160 kph (100 mph), the Netherlands also reported one
fatality from the storm, in the town of Ede, where a man was killed when the
roof of a warehouse fell on him.
Travel services have also been disrupted across the region, with Germany
reporting canceled train services in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and
Bavaria. Munich's main train station was evacuated after glass pieces fell from
the ceiling. Over 150 flights were canceled at Frankfurt airport. Hamburg and
Munich also witnessed flight disruptions.
In Switzerland, several mountain railways canceled trains, including the
Matterhorn-Gotthard line between Andermatt in the canton of Uri and Disentis in
the canton of Graubünden, ATS said.
The storm forced the closure of the cog railway to
Mount Pilatus near Lucerne and various mountain cable cars, the Local reports,
as105 km/h winds descended on Zurich.
Heavy rain following the weather front in Jura region, caused flooding in
villages near Neuchâtel and Bern.
The Dutch meteorological office meanwhile issued a red
warning as gusts of up to 120 kph (75 mph) caused damage estimated as being to
the cost of several million euros.
Around 90 flights were canceled at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Extreme
weather also forced the closure of Europe's largest port at Rotterdam.
Britain
and Belgium also suffered from the gusty winds, where the storm uprooted trees
and cut power lines to hundreds of homes. Some areas in Germany also lost
power.
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