More than 4,000 households were left without electricity after strong winds downed power lines in Poland between Sunday night and Monday morning.

Firefighters were called out 180 times, mostly to remove broken branches and trees from roads, and to pump out water from flooded cellars.

Most of the call-outs were in the southern Lower Silesia region, the central-western Wielkopolska region and the Pomorze region in the north of Poland.

Fire service spokesman Paweł Frątczak said there were no reports of anyone having been injured as a result of the strong winds.

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Source: IAR/PAP