Strong winds batter central Europe, kills four

At least two people have been killed in Poland and another two in Czech Republic after strong winds battered central Europe on Sunday.

The winds felled trees in the Czech Republic, with one man dying after being hit on a sidewalk in a town in the north of the country and one woman killed by a tree in a wooded area, media reported.

According to report by Reuters, all four people were killed by falling trees as the storm also knocked out power to thousands of Czechs and Poles.

According to a report by Czech Television, winds reached more than 100 km an hour in several parts of the Czech Republic and topped out at 180 km on Snezka, at 1,602 metres the country’s highest mountain.