One boy killed, more injured as strong winds hit Central Europe

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BRATISLAVA: One boy was killed and several of his schoolmates injured when strong winds uprooted a tree near Bratislava, police said, as Slovakia and its Central European neighbours issued weather warnings."Strong wind caused a tree to fall on primary school pupils on a sidewalk in Nitra. A 14-year-old boy died on the spot," Slovak police said on their Facebook page, adding that "several others" were injured, one seriously.Slovak authorities issued wind warnings for the whole country, including a hurricane-force alert for the northern High Tatras mountain region where wind speeds could reach 135-km. Howling winds caused power outages for some 30,000 households in the Czech Republic on Monday. Falling trees hampered rail traffic across the country, while a driver escaped with injuries after a tree fell on his truck.

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