France bore the brunt of the storm, which roared in from the Atlantic before dawn Sunday. Interior Ministry officials said Monday that the death toll stood at 30 after four more victims were found. Many were crushed by falling trees or debris.

Gusts of around 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour ripped up trees, tore roofs off buildings and knocked over huge cranes as one of the worst storms in memory barreled across France.

Although conditions in Paris were calm Monday morning, another storm coming in from the Atlantic was forecast for later in the day. Some 1.5 million homes across France were without electricity on Monday, news reports said.

Public transport was slowly reverting to normal service after serious disruption.

Paris streets were littered with broken shutters, branches and pieces of twisted metal. Uprooted trees lay on the banks of the Seine river. Newspaper kiosks were knocked down.

In neighboring Switzerland, at least 11 people were killed and several injured, mostly by falling trees. Two of the victims were killed at a southern ski resort when a tree crashed into a ski lift cable and sent their gondola crashing to the ground, police said.

Thousands of homes, mostly in the mountainous Bernese Oberland region, were still without electricity on Monday after fallen trees caused widespread damage to power lines.

Eleven people were killed in car accidents or by falling trees in southern Germany, where winds reached 200 kilometers (124 miles) per hour.

In Austria, winds gusting as high as 220 kilometers (136 miles) per hour were reported in the Salzkammergut region. Some 2,000 people were evacuated from a complex of movie theaters in St. Poelten, west of Vienna, as high winds threatened to
damage the roof.

In Italy, several highways were closed and some 7,000 passengers were stranded at Milan's Malpensa airport.
 
In Paris, light airplanes were flung around like cardboard on Sunday. Chimney stacks were sent tumbling and even the awning of the famed Lido topless cabaret was torn from its support and propelled down the Champs-Elysees by the winds.

French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin sent condolences to the families of the victims and praised rescue workers for their efforts.

"A phenomenon on this scale only happens once or twice during a century,"  a statement from Jospin's office said.

Firemen worked late into the night to repair damaged installations such as traffic lights which were either bent over or broken. Tourist attractions, including the Tuileries gardens and the Versailles royal palace were closed indefinitely after thousands of trees were uprooted. Disneyland Palace reopened its doors on Monday.