At least 25 people have been killed as violent storms lashed northern Europe, causing travel chaos across the region.

Britain was the worst hit with nine people killed as rain and gusts of up to 99mph (159km/h) swept the country.
Hurricane-force winds battering Germany have claimed at least seven lives. The other deaths were reported in France, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.
The severe weather has forced hundreds of flight, rail and ferry cancellations and prompted road and school closures.
Meteorologists at London's Met Office said the winds reached "severe gale force" as they crossed Britain and were the highest recorded since January 1990. They warned the weather system would intensify as it moved east across the continent - with Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany expected to be worst hit overnight.

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The storm sure left a trail after it across Europe:



European Storm Forecast Experiment - ESTOFEX

They certainly got that level 2 zone right didn't they

11 killed in the UK now.

Poland and the Czech Republic are now taking the full force of a storm that has swept northern Europe leaving at least 33 people dead.

At least four people were reported killed in Poland as winds of more than 200km/h (124mph) were recorded.
Meanwhile Germany, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands picked themselves up on Friday after the storm passed.
Some services were returning to normal, but thousands of travellers were still stranded and homes left without power.
Roads, rail lines and electricity pylons were taken out of action by falling trees, collapsing walls and flying wreckage.
The debris also proved deadly. In Germany, an 18-month-old baby was killed in Munich by a door that was ripped off its hinges, while a 73-year-old man died in Augsburg when a barn door fell on him.

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