Death toll from storm Ciarán in Europe rises to 16 | Abroad

The death toll after the passage of storm Ciarán in Europe has risen to 16. Three people have died in Portugal after a shipwreck, local authorities report.

Stormy weather in the Atlantic Ocean has caused new drama off the Portuguese coast. Three people were killed when a sailing boat under the Danish flag was shipwrecked. The bodies of two men and a woman washed up on a beach in the center of the country. The age and nationality of the victims are not yet known.

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In Italy, six people were killed after severe thunderstorms with heavy rain in the Tuscany region. Last night, according to local authorities, severe flooding occurred in the popular tourist region after record amounts of rainfall.

Two fatal accidents also took place in our country yesterday. A 5-year-old child of Ukrainian descent and a 64-year-old German tourist died in Ghent. Two people were also killed in France. One person each died in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain.

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