**Heavy storms have killed eight people in Poland, uprooted trees in many areas and brought down power lines, Polish media report.**The TVN24 news channel said central and south-western areas of Poland had been worst hit by the overnight storms, which also injured dozens of people.
The Czech Republic and a wide swathe of Germany also suffered from falling trees and local flooding.
The storms disrupted road and rail traffic in many areas.
Seventeen people suffered electrical burns when a power line came down in Krotoszyn, western Poland, the AFP news agency reports.