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High winds kill eight and cut power in central Europe

3 mars 2008, 00:00

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High winds kill eight and cut power in central Europe

Gale-force winds hammered Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, killing at least eight people, snarling transport networks and cutting power lines. In Germany, trains were delayed. Nearly 130 flights to or from Frankfurt airport were either cancelled or diverted, a spokesman said. Officials said air traffic in Austria and the Czech Republic was also briefly interrupted_. The storms left a mounting death toll across the region. Power cuts hit tens of thousands of households in Austria and the winds disrupted power supplies to around 150,000 people in Bavaria, utility E.ON Bayern said.

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