Hurricane force winds have battered parts of northern Europe leaving at least five people dead in weather related incidents.<br /><br /> In Germany two forestry workers died when their vehicle was crushed by a falling tree, another person was killed when a stone wall fell on him.<br /><br /> Trains and flights were all disrupted across northern Germany with rail services cancelled as far south as Bavaria.<br /><br /> “It’s chaos. Nothing is operating anymore. There is no railway traffic in North Rhine Westphalia at all. Now, we are trying to get a voucher so we can take a taxi somewhere,” said one man waiting at Cologne station.<br /><br /> In Austria one man died when he tried to fix his roof and fell off a ladder.<br /><br /> At the storm’s height winds of 100 kph were recorded with gusts reaching 120 kph.<br /><br /> A fifth victim died in the eastern Netherlands when a warehouse roof collapsed.<br /><br /> The Dutch authorities have warned freight drivers not to travel with lightly loaded vehicles after overturned lorries blocked roads.<br /><br /> Britain
