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Storms buffet Northern Europe
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published January 19, 2007
LONDON - Hurricane-force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe on Thursday, killing 27 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands - including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose plane was forced to circle for 15 minutes before landing amid winds gusting to 77 mph at Heathrow Airport. The storms ripped off part of the roof at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, toppled a crane in the Netherlands and upended trucks on Europe's busiest highway. German meteorologists recorded gusts up to 118 mph, forcing dozens of flight cancellations, shutting schools and prompting the national railroad to suspend services. Heathrow Airport, Europe's largest, canceled 280 flights. Other major airports - including Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam and Vienna - reported delays and cancellations. Traffic on the Eurostar, the train service connecting Britain with continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel, was suspended. The M-25 around London, the busiest highway in Europe, was backed up for miles after three trucks were knocked over by a single gust of wind. Traffic accidents accounted for many of the fatalities: Ten in the United Kingdom, five in Germany, four in the Netherlands, three in the Czech Republic, two in Belgium and one in France.
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