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About 20 people injured in thunderstorms in eastern Germany

About 20 people injured in thunderstorms in eastern Germany | iNFOnews.ca
Lightning strikes over a field near wind turbines in Treplin, Germany, June 12, 2019. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

BERLIN – Authorities say that about 20 people have been injured in eastern Germany by gusty winds and thunderstorms.

German news agency dpa reported Thursday eight people were injured Wednesday night at an outdoor wedding party when a tree branch crashed onto them in Blankensee in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

In Berlin, 11 people were injured when a tree fell on a group celebrating outside and an unknown number of passengers in a convertible were also injured by a falling tree.

Public transportation was stopped in Berlin for two hours during the evening rush hour because of the storm and several commuter trains were still delayed Thursday morning.

In Magdeburg, 156 kilometres (96 miles) southwest of Berlin, lightning damaged a building. Nobody was injured.

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