STORM CASUALTY. An uprooted tree has fallen on a car at the Ruysdaelkade canal in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 28 October 2013. According to reports, a woman was killed by the fallen tree. EPA/Robin Van Lonkhuijsen
At least 11 people died on Monday, October 28 as a fierce storm lashed northern Europe. Heavy rain and high winds battered the region, claiming four victims in Britain, three in Germany, two in The Netherlands, one in France and one in Denmark. The storm cut electricity in Britain and France, leaving more than 500,000 homes without power. Thousands were later re-connected. The storm also forced mass cancellations of train services across southern England, Denmark, The Netherlands and parts of Germany. Some 500 people were trapped in their planes at Copenhagen airport, as strong winds made it impossible to connect stairways to the exits. The storm was named Christian in France and dubbed St Jude by British media, after the patron saint of lost causes whose feast day is on Monday.
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