At least six people died in western Germany when a round of strong winds, hail and heavy rain slammed the region Monday night.

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"Radar imagery depicted an intense bow echo swept into northwest Germany Monday, responsible for destructive straight-line winds," said weather.com senior meteorologist Jon Erdman. "Severe thunderstorms have ravaged parts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany over the past several days. Supercells deposited hail from baseball to softball size near Paris, France both Sunday and Monday."

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Two men and a woman who took shelter in a garden house were killed by a falling tree late Monday night in the North Rhine-Westphalia capital of Düsseldorf, according to the dpa news agency. Firefighters were able to rescue six others, who had to be hospitalized. According to the BBC, two of those injuries were serious.

Police say two bicyclists were killed when hit by falling tree limbs in separate incidents in Cologne and Krefeld, and a man in Essen collapsed and died near midnight as he was working to clear debris from a street.

Many flights from Düsseldorf Airport were delayed and some train routes were still closed Tuesday. Reuters UK reports the closures are due to damage of overhead lines with some underground trains, and lingering power outages were also a problem.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report