Europe hit by storms, 45 deaths reported
{{date|January 21, 2007}}

[[Image:Kings Cross 2007-01-18 all cancelled 1.JPG|thumb|300px|All trains from [[w:King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]] were cancelled.]]

[[Europe]] has been hit by fierce wind and storms, with gusts over 150 kilometers per hour reported from the [[UK]] to Southern [[Germany]]. Most major motorways are blocked/shut due to lorries being overturned by the wind.

Most European Airports, Train and Motorways have been affected. [[W:Amsterdam|Amsterdam]] has been cut off, with planes grounded, and the train system from Amsterdam city halted.

=== Casualties and fatalities===
According to the [[W:BBC|BBC]], at least 45 people have been killed so far, with more deaths expected. Reports of numbers currently vary as the damage is assessed.

The casualties were distributed as follows:

*[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]] United Kingdom: 13 (8 in [[w:North West England|North West England]])
*[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]] Germany: 13
*[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] Ireland: 7 - lost at sea
*[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px]] The Netherlands: 7
*[[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|25px]] Poland: 6
*[[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]] Czech Republic: 4
*[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]] Belgium: 2
*[[Image:Flag of France.svg|25px]] France: 2
*[[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|25px]] Austria: 1

==== Western Europe ====
===== United Kingdom =====
The UK saw a total of eleven casualties, most of them in [[w:England|England]]. All incidents took place on January 18.
*The first casualty of the storm was the chief of [[w:Birmingham International Airport (UK)|Birmingham International Airport]] who was killed around 05:45 GMT when his car windscreen was smashed by a falling branch in [[w:Shropshire|Shropshire]].
*In the [[w:London|London]] district of [[w:Kentish Town|Kentish Town]], a two-year-old boy died in hospital after receiving severe head injuries. These were caused by a wall collapsing onto the boy whilst he was walking with his childminder in the afternoon of January 18.
*A female lorry driver was killed on the [[w:A269 road|A269]] in [[w:Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] when her vehicle overturned and was blown into a canal.
*A male lorry driver, who was a [[w:Germany|German]] national, was killed on the [[w:A55 road|A55]] in [[w:Chester|Chester]] in a similar incident.
*The front-seat male passenger of a car on the [[w:A 329 road|A329]] was killed when a branch hit the car near [[w:Streatley|Streatley]], [[w:Berkshire|Berkshire]], the driver was injured.
*A man was blown into metal shutters at an industrial estate in [[w:Manchester|Manchester]] and died.
*In [[w:Byley|Byley]], [[w:Cheshire|Cheshire]], a man was hit by a tree whilst working on a construction site.
*An elderly man was killed at [[w:Humberside|Humberside]] by a collapsing shed.
*A woman in [[w:Stockport|Stockport]] was killed when a wall she tried to shelter behind collapsed onto her.
*In [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], a man was hit by a falling [[w:canopy|canopy]] at a [[w:petrol station|petrol station]] whilst refuelling and later died in hospital.
*In [[w:Woofferton|Woofferton]], [[w:Shropshire|Shropshire]], a lorry driver collided with another vehicle and died on the scene.
===== Germany =====
Germany was the country most severely hit by the storm, with 13 casualties as of January 21, 2007. Most deaths occurred on the 18th and 19th of January, though some victims were only injured at first and later died in hospital.
* In the [[w:Munich|Munich]] bourough [[w:Milbertshofen|Milbertshofen]], an 18-month old child was severely injured by a patio door that had broken out of its hinges. The child later died in hospital.
*Near [[w:Kirrlach|Kirrlach]] in the state of [[w:Baden-Württemberg|Baden-Württemberg]], a motorist tried to avoid a tree that had fallen onto the road and crashed into an oncoming vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
*A 73-year old man was crushed by a barn door in Gersthofen in the district of [[w:Augsburg (district)|Augsburg]].
*A fireman was killed in [[w:Tönisvorst|Tönisvorst]] in [[W:North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalia]] whilst performing storm cleanup work.
*A 36-year motorist was killed in [[w:Hildesheim|Hildesheim]] by a fallen tree.
*A motorcycle driver slid under a tree in [[w:Essen|Essen]], dying in hospital on January 21.
*On the [[w:Bundesstraße 55|B 55]] near [[w:Lippstadt|Lippstadt]], a 23-year woman was killed when her car was hit by a falling birch tree.
*A man was killed when the [[W:gable|gable]] of a nearby building collapsed in [[w:Groß Rodensleben|Groß Rodensleben]] in the state of [[w:Saxony-Anhalt|Saxony-Anhalt]].
*In [[w:Strausberg|Strausberg]] in [[w:Brandenburg|Brandenburg]], a 25-year man crashed into a fallen tree with his car.
*Near [[w:Finnentrop|Finnentrop]], a man died after not noticing a tree that had fallen onto the road and crashing into it.

===== The Netherlands =====
Seven people in the Netherlands were killed as a result of the weather. Two people died when a falling tree hit their car between [[w:Arnhem|Arnhem]] and [[w:Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]. A man near [[w:Oosterhout|Oosterhout]] was killed in a collision with a truck. A motorcyclist died near [[w:Leersum|Leersum]] after a collision with a tree, as well as a 17-year old boy on a [[w:moped|moped]] in [[W:Sint Oedenrode|Sint Oedenrode]]. An 11-year old boy in [[w:Riel|Riel]] was blown in front of a car, which drove over him. The boy died on the scene. A 59-year old man in [[W:Staphorst|Staphorst]] was blown off of the roof of his barn, as he was repairing the damage caused by the storm. Six people were injured when a crane fell through the roof of a [[w:Utrecht University|Utrecht University]] building. The National Crisis Centre has advised people to stay indoors, the first time such a warning has been issued.

===== France =====
In France, a driving instructor in [[w:Roubaix|Roubaix]] was killed when an electricity pole fell on top of her car. The student was severely injured. A 30-year old man died near [[w:Abbeville|Abbeville]], when a swerving truck crashed into his car. A woman in [[w:Lille|Lille]] is missing after the roof of a store collapsed. There was significant damage to the cathedral at [[W:Saint-Omer|Saint-Omer]].

===== Belgium =====
Two people in Belgium fell victim to the storm; a 16-year old girl in [[w:Halle, Belgium|Halle]] died when a wall she was standing by collapsed and a man died in the [[w:Liège (province)|province of Liège]] after a tree fell on top of his car.

====Central and Eastern Europe====
[[Image:20070119 Ampel verkehrt.jpg|thumb|Twisted traffic light in the [[w:Danube|Danube]] area in [[w:Upper Austria|Upper Austria]].]]

In '''Poland''', a [[w:crane (machine)|crane]] operator was killed in [[w:Katowice|Katowice]] when a 25-metre-high (82ft) crane broke in half. By [[W:January 19|January 19]] a total of 6 casualties and 19 people wounded have been reported, nearly 800 thousand households lack electricity due to the damage done by the storm, about 500 were damaged.

In the '''Czech Republic''', a fireman died in [[w:Slunečná|Slunečná]] ([[w:Liberec Region|Liberec Region]]) when the wind threw a tree trunk on him while he was clearing the road with his colleagues. Two young men died in [[w:Vestec|Vestec]] near Prague when a tree fell on their car.

== Sources ==
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*{{source|url=http://www.welt.de/data/2007/01/19/1182481.html|title=Sturmtief "Kyrill" forderte Dutzende Todesopfer|author=|pub=Die Welt|date=January 21, 2007}}
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*{{source|url=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1468260,11,item.html|title=Wichury w Polsce - pierwsza ofiara|author=|pub=onet.pl|date=January 21, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6277537.stm|title=Poland battered by deadly storm|author=|pub=BBC|date=January 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6279857.stm|title=Two-year-old storm victim named|author=|pub=BBC|date=January 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,1994411,00.html|title=42 killed as storms sweep Europe|author=James Sturcke|pub=The Guardian|date=January 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/kraj/1,34308,3860945.html|title=Sześć ofiar śmiertelnych huraganu w Polsce, wiatr już słabnie|author=|pub=gazeta.pl|date=January 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6273773.stm|title=Airport boss dies in heavy storms|author=|pub=BBC|date=January 18, 2007}}
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King's Cross railway station were cancelled.

Europe has been hit by fierce wind and storms, with gusts over 150 kilometers per hour reported from the UK to Southern Germany. Most major motorways are blocked/shut due to lorries being overturned by the wind.

Most European Airports, Train and Motorways have been affected. Amsterdam has been cut off, with planes grounded, and the train system from Amsterdam city halted.

The casualties were distributed as follows:

*25px United Kingdom: 13 (8 in North West England)
*25px Germany: 13
*25px Ireland: 7 - lost at sea
*25px The Netherlands: 7
*25px Poland: 6
*25px Czech Republic: 4
*25px Belgium: 2
*25px France: 2
*25px Austria: 1

In 'Poland', a crane operator was killed in Katowice when a 25-metre-high (82ft) crane broke in half. By January 19 a total of 6 casualties and 19 people wounded have been reported, nearly 800 thousand households lack electricity due to the damage done by the storm, about 500 were damaged.

In the 'Czech Republic', a fireman died in Slunečná (Liberec Region) when the wind threw a tree trunk on him while he was clearing the road with his colleagues. Two young men died in Vestec near Prague when a tree fell on their car.
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