Vienna - Austria experienced record October snowfall Tuesday night, while heavy snow and winds in Poland left some 90,000 without power. Austrian metereologists reported the highest October snow levels in the past 25 years after heavy snowfall in the Alps.
Strong winds and snow caused a number of traffic accidents, and a railway line near the western Austrian town of Dalaas was blocked by a fallen tree, Austrian media reported.
In northeastern Poland, snow and winds knocked out power for some 90,000 people, Polish media reported. In Malbork, falling trees crushed several dozen cars and left one woman injured, TVN24 reported.
Electricity outages in Hungary, now restored, affected some 40,000 people on Tuesday. Fallen branches and trees in that country caused traffic and rail delays.
The severe weather in central Europe follows a cold wave that hit the Balkans earlier this week, with heavy snow in Bosnia, and rain and show in Macedonia and Serbia.
