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3 of 13 children dead after storm hits Europe

Three children are among the at least 13 people killed in the storm that hit parts ofEurope.

Storms ravaged Austria, Italy and the French island of Corsica on Thursday after weeks of heatwaves and drought scorched much of the continent.

On Friday, as the aftermath of the storm continued, German authorities put air rescue forces on high alert and warned of heavy rains in the south of the country.

Two girls, aged 4 and her 8, died after being caught in a fallen tree near a lake in Carinthia, southern Austria.

Her three women also died in a fallen tree struck by lightning in the town of Game in Lower Austria.

Thirteen of her people, including five children, were injured, two of them seriously, according to authorities. Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen said the children's deaths were an "unfathomable tragedy".

Hannes Primus, mayor of nearby Wolfsberg, said the storm had left the area and looked "like a battlefield."

Videos shared online show a power pylon doubled over him after being disfigured by a storm.

Five of her, including a 13-year-old girl, died on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.

A teenager was killed by a fallen tree at a campsite while 140 mph winds uprooted the tree and damaged the trailer his house.

Four of her others, her 46-year-old man who died in a similar accident, a woman in her 70s, died after a storm ripped off the roof of a beach house and a car crashed. Did. , and a 62-year-old fisherman and a 60-year-old female kayaker who both died at sea.

French Interior Minister Gerard Dalmanin, who arrived in Corsica on Thursday, said 20 people had been injured, four of them seriously.

French Interior Minister Gérald Dalmanin stands by a fallen tree in Corsica

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An eyewitness to the storm said the storm was completely unexpected and no warning was issued. You would think it was a tropical storm.” Cédric Boel, manager of Le Gones Corses restaurant in northern Corsica, saw two pleasure boats thrown out to sea. he told Reuters.

Nearly 13,000 people were evacuated from several campsites on Thursday night and took refuge in public buildings ahead of expected further damage.

However, officials said Friday morning passed without any major incidents.

In mainland France, power outages hit several areas in the south, flooding the streets of Marseille.

In Italy, a man and a woman died in another incident in the Tuscany region after falling trees.

Tuscan leader Eugenio Giani posted a video of the Ferris wheel spinning uncontrollably in strong winds in the town of Piombino.

Giani also tweeted a picture of the huge hailstones sent in by residents, saying thousands of people in the area were left without electricity in the storm.

Strong winds blew in Venice, blew off the parasols of the cafés in Piazza San Marco, and tore off the bricks of the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica.

Additional reports by Reuters and his AP.