Officials ask Europeans to be alert, stay indoors

Officials have asked people to prepare for extremely heavy rain. Pic/AP

Strong winds continued to batter the northern Europe along with rains, causing a lengthy list of disruptions in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and Latvia. Ferries were canceled, flights were delays, roads and streets were flooded, trees were uprooted, people were injured by falling branches and thousands remained without electricity on Tuesday.

In Oslo, officials urged people to work from home and warned of "extremely heavy rainfall" in the country's south. In Finland, authorities urged people to rethink whether it "it is necessary to go out" to sea as a red warning was issued for parts of central Sweden.

Floods and slides closed dozens of roads in southern Norway and neighboring Sweden and dozens of people have been evacuated. There were scattered reports of helicopters being used to fly people out of affected areas. Denmark reported of waves of up to eight meters (26 feet) and beach houses being washed away.

On Monday, a 50-year old woman was killed in Lithuania by falling trees near the Latvian border. In central Sweden, a train was partly derailed because the embankment under the rails had been washed away. Three were people were slightly injured. Also on Monday in Latvia, near the Belarus border, a second person died when a tree fell on him.

US storm kills 2, leaves 1.1 mn without power

Strom clouds pass over the Washington Monument. Pic/AP

At least two people died and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power on Monday as severe storms moved through the eastern US. Officials said more than 29.5 million people across 10 states were under a tornado watch on Monday.

NATO, EU send aid to Slovenia and Cyprus

At least 6 people were killed due to flooding in Slovenia. Pic/AP

The EU and NATO have sent urgent aid to Slovenia after severe flooding affected two-thirds of the country, killing at least six and leaving hundreds homeless. Meanwhile, firefighting aircraft are being sent to Cyprus with liquid retardant to fight fires.

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