Three children among 13 killed after storms sweep across Europe

Storm leaves area of Austria looking like ‘battlefield’

Three children are among at least 13 people who have been killed by storms which have battered parts of Europe.

Storms raged in Austria, Italy and the French island of Corsica on Thursday after much of the continent baked during weeks of heatwaves and droughts.

On Friday, during the aftermath of the storms, authorities in Germany put air rescue services on high alert and warned of heavy rainfall in the south of the country.