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Storm low »Zeynep« meant enormous additional work for the fire brigades in northern Germany, like here in Kiel: Covered roofs, downed trees, damaged railway and telephone lines.
The power went out in many places, and several people died in the storm in this country.
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Use because of fallen sheets of a residential building in Laatzen: In Altenberge in North Rhine-Westphalia, a 56-year-old driver crashed his car into a tree that had fallen on the street and died, in Wurster, Lower Saxony, a 68-year-old broke through the damaged roof of a stable and fell about ten meters deep to death.
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This residential building in Mülheim an der Ruhr was hit by several trees.
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In many places, such as here in the situation center in the district of Aurich, the emergency services tried to deal with the numerous emergency calls with additional staff.
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Local and long-distance traffic was completely discontinued in northern Germany and large parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, this ICS remains in Hanover station.
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Stranded travelers were looking for advice, like here at the information stand in Hanover train station.
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In Emden, a tugboat pushes a large ship against the wind against the flooded quay in the port of Emden - several cargo ships threatened to drift away uncontrollably because of the storm.
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The weather was usually nowhere to be controlled with umbrellas: the meteorologists had expected wind speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour.
In the second half of the night, »Zeynep« moved further east.
Even if the risk of storms is now decreasing, it will remain stormy.
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Overseas containers were blown over by the storm in Duisburg.
In Bremen, a 55-meter construction crane collapsed and hit a truck, the driver was uninjured.
A fire department spokesman said of the incident: "It looks devastating."
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Previously, "Zeynep" had also caused destruction in other parts of Europe.
On the beach of Scheveningen in the Netherlands, it was possible to see how violent the wind can be in this storm.
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The British capital London was one of the first cities to be hit by »Eunice«, as the storm is called there.
Great Britain called out the red warning level and spoke of "danger to life".
In the afternoon, the authorities in the city reported one fatality.
A woman was killed by a falling tree.
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Videos circulating on the internet showed how the covering of the Millennium Dome in the London Borough of Greenwich was partially torn away.
Under the tent-like construction erected at the turn of the millennium is the O2 Arena, where music and sporting events often take place.
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The wind on the coast was so strong that even boats were swept away.
Here's a boat hanging from a fence in Brighton, England.
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In the rough sea, however, the sea would probably not have been a suitable place for the boat.
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Fallen trees here in Godalming, the destruction cannot yet be fully grasped.
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The gusts also covered house roofs, as here in Newport.
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Dark rain clouds brought by »Eunice« hang over a factory in Dublin, Ireland.
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The Dutch capital Amsterdam was also hit by the storm.
Here workers remove a fallen tree.
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By evening, the Netherlands reported three storm deaths.
All three were said to have been hit by falling trees.
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A woman in Amsterdam tries to make her way over fallen trees.
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Rows of scooters were blown down by the storm in Amsterdam.
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Pilots at London's Heathrow Airport struggled with the wind.
Landings became a streaming hit.
Well over 100,000 viewers watched the events for hours on the Big Jet TV YouTube channel.
At times, around 200,000 users of the video platform were there live.
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Not only in London did pilots have difficulties.
A plane does not arrive straight when it lands in Hanover.
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In Cologne, the rain lashed through the streets.
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Fire brigade operation in Düsseldorf: Fallen trees kept the rescue workers on their toes.
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In Duisburg, the vaccination tent at the main train station was damaged.
The fire department cordoned off the area.
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Dark clouds over Göttingen: The storm only clears after hours.
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