Two people have been killed after being hit by falling trees in the Netherlands, while parts of the roof of the ADO Den Haag football club stadium have been blown off as Storm Eunice swept across the country.
One person was trapped under a fallen tree in the capital Amsterdam and died despite being rushed to hospital, the fire brigade said.
A second person was killed when a tree toppled onto their car in Diemen on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
The storm has sparked a red alert in the country, where around 300 flights from Schipol Airport were cancelled.
All trains and public transport has been cancelled, many schools closed, and drivers warned to stay off the roads.
Gusts of up to 141km/h were recorded, according to public broadcaster NOS.
All professional football matches in the Netherlands scheduled for today have been cancelled due to the storm.
The move followed Status Red and Orange warnings issued by the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, and was taken as the safety of players, club employees, and supporters could not be sufficiently guaranteed.
The storm has knocked out power for tens of thousands of people across Ireland and the UK, while countries on the continent have also been hit.
Eunice accrued power in a so-called "sting jet", a rarely seen meteorological phenomenon that brought havoc to Britain in the "Great Storm" of 1987.
Huge waves battered the Brittany coast in northwest France. Long-distance and regional trains were being gradually halted in northern Germany, while warnings were also in place in Belgium.
Ferries across the Channel, the world's busiest shipping lane, were cancelled, as were flights from northern Europe's aviation hubs.
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