- LONDON (Reuters) - At least
10 people were killed on Sunday as winds gusting up to 100 mph swept across
northern Europe, wreaking havoc on roads and railways and disrupting flights
and shipping.
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- Six people, including three children, were killed in
Britain as trees were ripped from the ground, crushing cars and blocking
train lines.
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- In Germany, a man died when the roof of his house collapsed.
A Dutch woman was also killed in Germany when a tree hit her car and a
56-year-old farmer died after being struck by lightning.
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- In the eastern Dutch town of Enschede a man died after
being hit by a tree. Another person was blown into the sea near Scheveningen.
"Normally a person would not survive this," a coastguard spokesman
said after a fruitless search.
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- In Britain, where all the deaths came from falling trees
and debris, emergency services warned people not to venture out.
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- Casualties from the high winds included Britain's newest
warship, the frigate HMS St Albans, hit by a passenger ferry trying to
berth at Portsmouth harbour.
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- Wind swept the ferry, carrying 800 passengers and 130
crew from the French port of Le Havre, against the St Albans, causing significant
damage to the frigate, which was still in training for its maiden voyage.
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- Other ferries were forced to wait out the gale at sea
as Britain's Channel ports blocked them from docking.
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- The gales caused the cancellation of 39 British Airways
flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Another 30 flights
from Stansted in eastern England were canceled.
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- Train services across Britain were brought to a standstill
by high winds and debris on the track.
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- The Snowdonia marathon in Wales was canceled for the
first time in its 21-year history.
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- Off southwest England, coastguards and air force helicopter
crews battled for seven hours to rescue a Spanish fisherman from a trawler
off the Isles of Scilly.
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