Vienna - (AFP) - A storm killed five people, including two children, and injured around 10 people Thursday in Austria, according to the Austrian authorities and the Austrian News Agency.

Three people were killed when a tree fell in the state of Lower Austria (east), while two children died in Carinthia (south), according to the Austrian News Agency.

The two children, aged between five and eight, in addition to the wounded, were near a small lake in the state of Carinthia when the winds uprooted several trees, said Melanie Reiter, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross in the state.

In other parts of the region bordering Italy and Slovenia, roofs were blown off by the wind, Reiter told AFP.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer tweeted, "Today, strong storms in Carinthia claimed two children and caused serious injuries to other people."

In June, an 82-year-old man died after landslides caused severe damage, also in Carinthia.
Austria is experiencing a heat wave and the authorities have warned of storms.
Scientists say extreme weather conditions around the world are becoming more frequent due to climate change, and will likely increase in intensity as temperatures rise.