Tourists stranded in Amsterdam station after summer storm forces cancellations

Tourists are left stranded in Amsterdam's Central Station after a record-breaking summer storm hammered the Netherlands, throwing international air and rail travel into chaos.

Storm Poly packed loud winds of up to 146 km/h, toppling trees and forcing the cancellation of 400 flights from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs.Meteorologists said the storm was the strongest on record to hit the Netherlands in the summer months and issued a rare "code red" warning for millions of people in the low-lying nation to stay indoors.

A 51-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her car in the Dutch city of Haarlem, while a 64-year-old woman died after being struck by a falling tree in the German town of Rhede near the Dutch border.Two men were seriously injured in Amsterdam, one when a tree fell on his car, while a second was believed to have been hit by falling power lines, local media said.