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One dead in storm Malik in Scotland
Residents of a village near Odense in Denmark fill sandbags to protect themselves from the rising water caused by Storm Malik. Photo: Tim Kildeborg Jensen/Ritzau Scanpix/AP/dpa
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A storm with wind speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour sweeps across Great Britain and Denmark. There was one fatality in Scotland.
Storm Malik killed one person in Scotland. A woman was killed by a falling tree in Aberdeen, police said in the British part of the country on Saturday.
Wind speeds of almost 140 kilometers per hour were measured on the Scottish east coast. To be on the safe side, two first division football games were canceled. The storm also caused damage in northern England. Nationwide, more than 60,000 homes were without power because lines were cut.
In the meantime, precursors of “Malik” met Denmark. 10,000 rescue workers were ready there, as reported by the Ritzau agency. In Frederikssund, 20 people who depend on daily care have been taken to safe places as a precaution, broadcaster TV2 reported. If there were floods, the supply of these people could not be guaranteed, it was said to be the reason. On the island of Zealand, on which the capital Copenhagen is also located, almost all regional train traffic was stopped as a precaution, according to the broadcaster DR.