Strong storms kill six in Germany, Poland and Czech Republic

At least six people have died in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. The two victims in Germany included a 63-year-old German man who drowned at a campsite in Lower Saxony, and a woman whose motorboat overturned in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The other victims were killed by fallen trees due to strong winds.

The storm also knocked out the power for thousands for Czechs and Poles. The centre of the German city, Hamburg also flooded.

The German city Hamburg was flooded (Photo:BBC)

Winds reached more than 100km/h in several parts of the Czech Republic and 180km/h on the Czech Republic’s highest mountain Snezka.

The weather delayed or halted traffic on various railway lines and slowed road traffic. A fallen tree blocked a highway just outside of Prague, newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes reported.

This left thousands of travellers stranded and cut rail access to cities such as Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen and Keil. Deutsche Bahn has restored some service late on Sunday and provided sleeping cars for stranded passengers.

Many travellers were left stranded (Photo: The Guardian)

Prague zoo has closed due to the winds, while Prague airport was running smoothly, newspaper Lidove Boviny’s website reported.

Poland also suffered from strong winds, damaging a pipeline at Poland’s liquefied natural gas terminal in a port of Swinoujscie.