Violent windstorm kills five, downs electric lines
Strong winds raging throughout Poland Tuesday have been blamed for the death
of two people who were pinned by falling trees in Lower Silesia. Two other
people died from the the gale force winds in Lubuskie in southwestern
Poland. One woman died under a falling streetlight in the Wielkopolska
region. Over 750 towns and villages were cut off from electricity as a
result of the windstorm in the Warminsko-Mazurskie voivodship. The violent
winds also hampered communication on roads and railway lines in parts of the
country. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.W.
