A chicken stands near a house destroyed by a tornado in the village of Osia, Poland. REUTERS/Rafal Malko/Agencja Gazeta
The winds hits Kujawy-Pomorze and Wielkopolska provinces in the country's north and west, destroying 100 homes.
Some 400ha of trees have also been damaged in Bory Tucholskie forest, a national park and popular tourist destination, BBC reports.
Electricity power-lines have also been damaged.
According to local media reports, a 60-year-old man who was killed died in the village of Wycinki after being crushed beneath his collapsing house.
A vast clean-up operation is now under way as people hastily cover up their roofs, fallen trees are removed and power lines are repaired.
