Hurricane-force winds are battering northern Europe, with the port of Hamburg at a standstill and at least three people dead – two in the UK. Hamburg experienced its biggest tidal surges since the early 1990s. The city’s fish market and some streets by the river Elbe have been flooded. There was also limited flooding in the Netherlands – officials say the sea dykes withstood the onslaught. The Dutch and German authorities cancelled many flights and train services. The Oeresund road-rail bridge, linking Copenhagen in Denmark with Malmo in southern Sweden, has reopened. It had been closed on Thursday evening amid high winds. A woman died in Denmark after a lorry was blown over. In Scotland a lorry driver was also killed on Thursday when his vehicle was blown over near Edinburgh. A man was crushed […]