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13 dead as gales whip Europe
LONDON, England --Thirteen people have died and millions of dollars worth of damage has been incurred as gales lashed the UK and the rest of northern Europe.
Six people have been killed in the UK while seven have died in total in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
The worst of the damage was in Britain where winds of about 80 mph (130 kph) ripped across parts of the country on Sunday, bringing down trees and rooftops as well as bringing the transport system to a halt.
Three of those who died in the UK were young people, struck by falling debris and tree branches.
One 10-year-old person died after being struck on the outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk, and a boy, aged five, suffered serious head injuries and later died in Felixstowe, Suffolk, both on the east England coast.
A man was killed in nearby East Anglia after being hit by a tree in his garden. A 14-year-old girl died when a tree crushed the car she was a passenger in travelling in Shropshire, central England, while a male motorist also died when a large branch hit the roof of his car near Brecon in mid-Wales.
A 22-year-old woman was killed in Oxford, central England, when a tree fell on her vehicle.
The winds wreaked havoc also on the country's transport system.
A P&O ferry collided with an HMS frigate when it was knocked off course approaching its berthing dock in Portsmouth on the southern coast of England.
A Royal Navy spokesman said damage to the UK's newest warship HMS St. Albans, ahead of her maiden voyage, was "significant" after the 800-passenger ferry Pride of Portsmouth was swept by high winds into its side. Nobody was injured in the incident at Portsmouth on Sunday. (Full Story)
Flights in and out of London were delayed or cancelled. British Airways has cancelled 32 flights from Heathrow and a further seven from Gatwick. Stansted in eastern England has cancelled another 30 flights.
Several ferry sailings to the European mainland and Ireland have been scrapped.
Sporting events, including the start of the international Clipper 2002 yacht race from Liverpool, were postponed.
The adverse weather has been caused by a low pressure front moving in from the Atlantic. The worst of the winds are expected to come Sunday evening.
The strongest wind, of 96.6 mph, was recorded at the Mumbles, in south Wales.
Thousands of people have been left without electricity from downed power lines which have also affected train services and road safety.
The storms are estimated to have caused £50 million worth of damage.
Lucy Verasamy, of the PA WeatherCentre, said: "It's still really windy in northern England and all of the east coast but southern parts are bearing the brunt of it."
But the rest of northern Europe was also badly affected with 80 mph gales whipping off roofs and causing disruption to rail, flights and road networks.
In Germany, a man died when the roof of his house collapsed, while a 39-year-old Dutch woman was also killed in the German town of Bocholt, close to the border with the Netherlands, when a tree hit her family's car. A 56-year-old farmer died after being struck by lightning.
In the eastern Dutch town of Enschede a man died from being hit by a tree, while a 77-year-old man lost his footing and died when he fell into a fence in the town of Hilversum. Another person is feared dead after being swept into the sea near Scheveningen, The Hague.
In Belgium, a 13-year-old rollerskater died on the embankment in the seaside resort of Wenduine when the high winds slammed him into a truck.
And in Switzerland, a falling tree killed a woman walking through a forest in the northwest part of the country.
Blustery winds caused significant damage, including at Antwerp's Sports Palace stadium, but no injuries were reported.
"The damage is enormous," Antwerp Mayor Leona Detiege was quoted by The Associated Press as saying.
All ships stayed inside the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge. Three of the four runways at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport were closed forcing cancellations and delays.
Power lines were also knocked out by falling trees and branches, blocking roads and railway lines.
Germany, which has already been battered is bracing itself for stronger winds.
The gales led to the cancellation of a cross-country skiing World Cup event in the western German city of Duesseldorf.
Air France said it has cancelled at least nine flights out of Paris to European destinations because of the winds.