Storm Eunice batters northern Europe, taking lives

Crews cleared fallen trees and worked to restore power to about 400,000 people in Britain as western Europe cleaned up Saturday after one of the most damaging storms in years.

Sven Good, 23, looks out from his bedroom window at the damage caused to the family home a day after a 400-year-old oak tree in the garden was uprooted by Storm Eunice, in Stondon Massey near Brentwood, Essex, England, Feb. 19, 2022.

At least 12 people were killed, many by falling trees, in Ireland, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Polish firefighters cut branches from a fallen tree after strong winds in Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 19, 2022.

Named Storm Eunice by the British and Irish weather services, and Storm Zeynep in Germany, Friday's storm was the second to hit the region in a week.

People secure a building against a strong wind on the beach of Scheveningen, the Netherlands, Feb. 18, 2022.

A tree blocks the B3273 road after Storm Eunice, in St Austell, Cornwall, Britain, Feb. 19, 2022.

Waves break in front of St Michael's Mount during Storm Eunice, near Penzance, Cornwall, Britain, Feb. 18, 2022.

The exterior view of the home of Dominic Good a day after a 400-year-old oak tree in the garden was uprooted by Storm Eunice, in Stondon Massey, near Brentwood, Essex, England, Feb. 19, 2022.

A person walks past a fallen tree in Cemetery Park after Storm Eunice, in St Austell, Cornwall, Britain, Feb. 19, 2022.

The white-domed roof of the O2 arena is seen damaged by the wind, as a red weather warning was issued due to Storm Eunice, London, Britain, Feb. 18, 2022.

Waves break in front of St Michael's Mount during Storm Eunice, near Penzance, Cornwall, Britain, Feb. 18, 2022.

A tree lies over several cars in downtown Keizersgracht Amsterdam, Feb. 19, 2022.

Workers carry out repair work on an overhead line and a railway track in Maarssen, Feb. 19, 2022.

Municipal employees clean up a fallen tree on Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam, Feb. 19, 2022.

Waves break during Storm Eunice, in Penzance, Cornwall, Britain, Feb. 18, 2022.

Pedestrians still struggle against the wind and rain in London, Feb. 19, 2022, a day after Storm Eunice battered the capital.

A pedestrian looks at high waves crash over the beach of Etretat, Normandy, western France, Feb. 18, 2022, as Storm Eunice hits the coast of Normandy.

Waves crash against the breakwater during Storm Eunice in Wimereux, France, Feb. 18, 2022.

People Try to hang and play against the wind on the beach of Scheveningen, the Netherlands, Feb. 18, 2022.

Waves crash against wind turbines during Storm Eunice at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Feb. 18, 2022.

Waves caused by Storm Eunice break over Aberystwyth promenade in Aberystwyth, Wales, Britain, Feb. 18, 2022.

People walk as waves break on the beach in the wake of Storm Eunice in Blankenberge, Belgium, Feb. 18, 2022.

Debris from the rooftops of three houses torn off during Storm Eunice is seen by a roadside on Kilburn Park Road, northwest London, Feb. 18, 2022.

The debris in a bedroom at the home of Dominic Good a day after a 400-year-old oak tree in his garden was uprooted by Storm Eunice, in Stondon Massey, near Brentwood, Essex, England, Feb. 19, 2022.