Western Europe Cleans up After Storm Leaves at Least 12 Dead

Western Europe Cleans up After Storm Leaves at Least 12 Dead
Emergency personnel from the Kiel-Russee Volunteer Fire Department, pull a tree that has been blown down by gusts of wind to the ground with a rope in Kiel, Germany, on Feb. 18, 2022. Axel Heimken/dpa via AP
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LONDON—Crews cleared fallen trees and worked to restore power to about 400,000 people in Britain as Western Europe cleaned up Saturday after one of the most damaging storms in years.

At least 12 people were killed, many by falling trees, in Ireland, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Named Storm Eunice by the British and Irish weather services, and Storm Zeynep in Germany, Friday’s storm was the second to hit the region in a week.