Windstorm hits western Bohemia

The region of Western Bohemia was hit by a strong windstorm in the early hours of Saturday that broke trees and left some 4,000 households without electricity, the authorities said. One person was killed by a falling tree near Karlovy Vary on Saturday afternoon. The energy producer ČEZ said around half of its customers in the area were cut off, and declared state of emergency in three districts. Falling trees also obstructed roads and railways. The authorities said that several houses were flooded by rainwater but no one was injured in the storm.