• Germany's Saxon Switzerland national park was closed to visitors after a storm killed one person and caused damages, with a 38-year-old man losing his life near the Felsenbuhne open-air theatre in Rathen.
• The park, known for its towering rock formations like the Bastei, located in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains on the Czech border, had areas between the Bastei, Rathen, and Hohnstein closed to visitors due to uprooted trees and continuing risks.
• Emergency services were involved in clean-up efforts on Saturday morning following the storm that also left ten people injured, three seriously, and led to the evacuation of 40 individuals.

Germany's popular Saxon Switzerland national park was closed to visitors on Saturday due to damages caused by a storm that killed one person overnight.

The park, located in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains on the Czech border, is characterized by towering, unusual rock formations.

The park's best known landmark is the Bastei, a group of jagged rocks linked by an arched sandstone bridge towering some 200 metres above the Elbe river.

The areas between the Bastei, the villages of Rathen and Hohnstein and the Polenztal valley have been closed to visitors following last night's storm, according to state-run forestry agency Sachsenforst.

The storm has uprooted a number of trees near the Bastei, the agency said, noting there was a continuing risk to visitors.

A 38-year-old man lost his life near the Felsenbühne open-air theatre in Rathen when a falling tree struck him on Friday evening.

Ten other people were injured, including three seriously, and 40 people were evacuated.

Emergency services resumed clean-up efforts on Saturday morning.