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Stormy weather across northern Europe kills at least 1 person, idles ferries and delays flights

Stormy weather across northern Europe has killed at least one person and caused airport delays, suspended ferry services and a train’s partial derailment COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Stormy weather across the Baltic Sea region Monday killed at least one person and caused airport delays , suspended ferry services and a train's partial derailment. Three people had been taken to hospital in Sweden when two of the train's passenger cars went off the tracks in Hudiksvall, a town 280 kilometers (174 miles) north of Stockholm, police said. The derailment happened because ”the embankment has been undermined by the heavy rain and landslides,“ they said, adding that the extent of their injuries is unclear. There had been 120 people on the train, Swedish media said. Ferries linking Poland to Sweden, two German islands to mainland Germany and Norway to Denmark remained in harbor. Ferries and water taxis to the German islands of Hiddensee and Ruegen were canceled for Monday and Tuesday morning...