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Germany hurricane Nadia: Storm causes damage and cancels trains operations

Germany: A powerful storm named Hurricane Nadia in Germany swept over many parts of Europe on Sunday leaving a death toll of 5 in its wake.

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Hurricane Nadia in Germany swept over many parts of Europe on Sunday leaving a death toll of 5.

There were reports of more accidents linked to high winds in Poland and the Czech Republic.

A 27-year-old man died on Sunday in the Northern Polish province of Pomerania when a tree fell on his car. Another person was also injured in the accident.

In Germany police reported that a pedestrian was killed by falling debris.

The man was struck by an election poster in Beelitz, a town south-west of Berlin, a spokesperson for the local police said.

The horrific accident happened just after 10PM on Saturday when the storm, named Nadia in Germany, picked up its pace overnight.

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What is the situation with the storm in Hamburg?

In Hamburg, a heavy storm tide submerged Germany’s port city’s famous fish market in the Altona district. The city was struck with a water level measured at 2.84 metres about average in the Sankt Pauli district.

The intense storm led to the cancellation of rail traffic and several delays. The train stopped long-distance traffic in the northern federal states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Bremen for about 50 minutes, but it has now started again, said a railway spokesman on Saturday evening in Berlin – swp.de.

Source: swp,