Insurers estimated on Friday that ferocious gales that battered Germany caused €500 million ($614 million) in damages, as the number of dead across the country rose to eight.
Trains on Germany’s intercity lines gradually resumed operation a day after they were suspended due to the hurricane-force winds which caused transport chaos across northern Europe. Two more people were reported killed in the worst storm to strike Germany in a decade, adding to an earlier toll of six.
Separately, Dutch insurers reported €90 million in damages across The Netherlands, where train services were on Friday also slowly creaking back into gear. “According to our first estimates, the damage to homes and cars is at least €90 million,” the Dutch Association of Insurers said.
