Strong Storm Causes 4 Deaths in Poland, Damage Across Europe

Strong Storm Causes 4 Deaths in Poland, Damage Across Europe
A woman walks on the promenade at the Baltic Sea in Travemuende, northern Germany, on Oct. 21, 2021. Michael Probst/AP Photo
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WARSAW, Poland—A powerful autumn storm blasted across parts of Europe on Thursday, killing four people in Poland and causing damage and disruption across a large swath of the continent.

According to reports in Polish media, the hardest-hit area was around the western city of Wroclaw, where powerful gusts topped a delivery truck, killing its driver. Elsewhere, the storm knocked down a wall of a building being renovated, crushing a worker to death, and a tree was blown onto a car carrying two people, killing them both.