Four dead as hurricane-force winds batter Poland

Firefighters remove a fallen tree after very strong winds in Zielona Gora, Poland October 21, 2021. Wladyslaw Czulak/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS

WARSAW (Reuters) - Four people were killed and 18 injured in a storm that battered Poland with hurricane-force winds on Thursday night, authorities said, damaging properties and felling trees across western and central areas of the country.

Fire services reported more than 10,000 incidents and 930 buildings were damaged, private broadcaster TVN24 reported, with the western region of Lubuskie and the central Lodzkie region hardest hit.