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One dead as thunderstorms, tornado hit Austria
May 26, 2010, 17:25 GMT
Vienna - Heavy thunderstorms and a tornado swept across eastern Austria Wednesday, leaving one person dead in a mudslide, media reported.
Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to repair storm damages and pump water from flooded homes.
In Stickelberg, 85 kilometres south of Vienna, a mudslide killed one person who was swept into one of the many creeks swollen by the heavy rain and hail. The identity of the victim was not immediately released.
Near Vienna, a tornado snapped utility pylons and trees and damaged buildings.
The national metereological agency counted 4,500 flashes of lightning during the thunderstorms.
In the past few days, floods in Poland have claimed at least 16 lives.
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