Hurricane-force winds have been battering coastal areas across northern Europe, with fears storm surges could breach costal defences in low-lying areas.
Germany was hit by blizzards, violent winds and the highest sea levels in decades, as Hurricane Xaver swept south from the arctic.
A woman died in Denmark when a lorry was blown over, and in Sweden, a man was found dead on Friday morning after being hit by a tree uprooted by high winds.
In the Netherlands, Rotterdam was inundated and areas of the historic centre of Dordrecht, on the Dutch coast, also suffered flooding.
Sea levels in Zeeland, in the south of the country, rose to nearly 4m above their normal levels - the highest recorded since the great storm of 1953 which killed more than 2,000 in the Netherlands.
Emergency services received thousands of calls from frightened members of the public, as the storm moved over the country on Thursday evening.
Hamburg's famous Fish Market is submerged by a storm surge At least 3,700 incidents of damage were reported to police in just a few hours as winds in excess of 125mph left dozens of flights cancelled at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
The cost of the damage was estimated at between £4m and £9m.
In the eastern Gelderland province, a train driver suffered minor injuries when his train was hit by an advertising hoarding that had blown on to tracks.
In Germany, Hamburg was worst hit, with water levels reaching 50cm higher than any previous record resulting in the fish market being submerged and large parts of the city blocked off.
Large parts of the transport network in some areas were badly affected.
Train services in Hannover were cancelled and those in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony were operating a much reduced service.
Roofs were blown off an apartment block in Cuxhaven, near Hamburg and a supermarket on the Baltic coast, while in Berlin, trees were blown over.
A roof is blown off an apartment block in the German town of Cuxhaven Coastal areas in Germany were preparing themselves for more problems on Friday as forecasters feared a tidal surge working its way south could raise sea levels further.
In Norway, where waves reached 14m on the coast, three people were injured when two buses were blown off the road in Alesund, about 240 miles northwest of Oslo.
The centre of Stavanger, on the coast south west of Oslo, was closed because of flying debris and roof tiles.
Nearby, in Rogaland, police said the roof of an entire housing block was blown off, crashing on to parked cars below.
More than 47,000 homes were left without power in Sweden, 30,000 in Norway and 20,000 in Lithuania.
Up to a foot of snow was forecast in parts of Scandinavia while on the Baltic coast, Estonians and Latvians were warned to expect treacherous driving conditions due to blizzards.
Trees were downed in the Danish capital Copenhagen, where water levels reached their highest since 1921.
Reports from outlying regions in Denmark said the situation in both Hornbaek and Gilleleje was chaotic and that flooding was extensive.
Roskilde, which lies at the end of a north facing fjord, reported water levels being 2.3m higher than normal, 90cm higher than the previous record.
Other flights were cancelled in Berlin and from Baltic airports.
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