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At least 10 killed in storms around Europe
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 16 - 08 - 2008


At least 10 people were killed late Friday and
early Saturday when storms swept through several parts of Europe, according to DPA.
A 10-year-old boy died Friday in Turin, Italy, after being hit by
lightning while a 37-year-old Italian man drowned off Genoa the same
day when he was swamped by high waves in the Mediterranean.
A female German tourist, 27, was missing in the rough waters near
Ventimiglia, west of Genoa, and other swimmers narrowly escaped
drowning before being rescued nearby.
In parts of northern Italy, hail as big as 4 centimetres diametre
was reported. Near Brescia, winds speeds reached up to 100 kilometres
per hour, toppling trees and damaging roofs.
Two mountaineers froze to death after apparently getting lost
during a storm in Italy's northern Alps region, officials said
Saturday.
Officials in the northern Alpine town of Aosta said the bodies of
the two - a Dutch and an English national - were found at an altitude
of some 4,000 metres and were brought back to the valley.
In Silesia in eastern Poland, a man died when high winds caused
widespread damage in the village of Kalina while another was
electrocuted in the central province of Lodz after the wind blew down
an electrical line.
Downed trees blocked roads and train tracks in Silesia and central
Poland, and the Polska Agencja Prasowa press agency reported that
about 100 houses were damaged in Silesia alone.
Near Czestochowa, high winds sent a bus into a ditch, injuring two
passengers, the agency said.
Tennis ball-sized hail also damaged many cars in Katowice and
other parts of Silesia, television reports said.
Severe storms were also reported in nearly all parts of Austria,
especially the southern Austrian state of Carinthia and the
neighbouring south-eastern state of Styria.
A woman, 41, was killed near the Carinthian town of St Stefan when
she was hit by a falling tree while hiking. The group of hikers she
was with took cover under the tree when it began to hail. It fell on
her in front of her husband and daughter.
Three German mountain climber scaling Austria's Grosser Priel in
Upper Austria suffered burns after being struck by lightning while
attempting to take shelter from the incoming storm on Friday.
Unable to be reached by emergency personnel due to the storm, the
three abseiled down to a snowfield where Austrian aid workers were
waiting. One man was treated for shock.
Two people at an outdoor hard rock and punk festival in south-
western Slovakia were killed overnight by trees blown over by raging
storm, the organizers said Saturday.


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