German national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DBN.UL) said it has stopped long-distance train services in seven out of the country's 16 states after Hurricane Ylenia slammed northern Germany in the early hours of Thursday morning, News.Az reports citing Reuters.

German national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DBN.UL) said it has stopped long-distance train services in seven out of the country's 16 states after Storm Ylenia slammed northern Germany in the early hours of Thursday morning.

"Some long-distance trains end and begin well before the affected states," the company said in a statement. 

By 1230 GMT, gale-force winds had caused one casualty, who died in a car after a tree collapsed onto a country road near the town of Bad Bevensen in Lower Saxony, local police said, confirming a report in the Bild newspaper.

In Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the power cuts affected around 50,000 households according to a statement on the official website of the region's Borken district. Schools in some states, including NRW, were closed on Thursday. 

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