Storm Xaver batters northern Europe - in pictures

A house is surrounded by floodwaters during the storm in Langene, Germany Photograph: Maja Hitij/Corbis

A girl struggles against the wind in Rotterdam Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images

Waves lash the ferry pier on the North Sea coast in Dagebuell, Germany Photograph: Carsten Rehder/Corbis

Rescuers stand by an overturned truck on the motorway north of Ystad, southern Sweden Photograph: Johan Nilsson/AFP/Getty Images

A floodgate near the flooded waterfront in Hamburg Photograph: Philipp Guelland/Getty Images

Cars crawl through heavy traffic as snow falls in Olpe, Germany on Friday Photograph: Marius Becker/Corbis

Residents survey damage in the coastal town of Cuxhaven, Germany Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

A seagull flies over the North Sea near the town of Emden, north-west Germany Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

A woman walks her dog during heavy snowfall in Olsztyn, Poland Photograph: Tomasz Waszczuk/EPA

A firefighter secures a fallen tree after the storm passed through Bordenau, Germany Photograph: Alexander Koerner/Corbis

A police officer surveys the site of a traffic accident between the villages of Wicko and Poraj in the Pomerania region of northern Poland. Three people were killed and one was injured when a tree fell on the car Photograph: Jan Dzban/EPA