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Monday, December 27, 1999
Europe battered by fierce storms
Associated Press
PARIS - Powerful winds and rain swept across Europe on Sunday, ripping trees out of the ground, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least 48 people in France, Switzerland and Germany. Paris was buffeted by the strongest winds to hit the capital in 50 years.
Gusts of up to 105 mph tore through northern France, where the Interior Ministry said at least 26 people were killed, some when falling trees crashed into their cars.
In neighboring Switzerland, at least 11 people were killed and several injured, mostly by falling trees. Two of the victims were killed at a southern ski resort, when a tree fell onto a ski lift cable and sent the gondola they were riding in crashing to the ground, police said.
Wind gusts of up to 96 mph were recorded in western Switzerland at the height of the storm Sunday morning.
Eleven people were killed in car accidents or by falling trees in southern Germany, where winds reached 124 mph. Air, rail and road traffic was halted by the gales.
In Austria, winds gusting as high as 136 miles per hour were reported in the Salzkammergut region.
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