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"At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured as Storm Ciarán
battered north-west Europe with torrential rain and winds of up to 200km/h
(124mph), damaging homes and forcing schools to close and airlines and train
companies to halt services.
A truck driver was killed by a falling tree in the Aisne département of
northern France, authorities said on Thursday, while more than 1.2 million
people lost their electricity supply, including about half the population of
Brittany.
A 70-year-old man died in Le Havre after falling off his balcony in an accident
police described as linked to Storm Ciarán’s record-breaking winds, while in
Spain a woman was killed when a tree fell on her in central Madrid and three
people were injured.
Two people died in central Ghent, Belgium, after being hit by falling branches
from trees. One of the victims was five years old, while the other one was a
64-year-old German woman visiting Belgium. A third was seriously injured in the
port city of Antwerp when a high wall gave way in record winds, authorities
said.
In the Netherlands a person was crushed to death by a tree in Venray in the
southern province of Limburg, local media said. At least 10 other people were
injured by flying debris around the country, at least three seriously.
The German fire service also said on Thursday that a 46-year-old woman from
Bavaria who was on a family holiday with her husband and two children had been
killed by a falling tree while out hiking near Rammelsberg in the Harz
mountains.
As huge waves slammed into French ports and shorelines, 15 people, including
seven firefighters, were injured by falling trees, mainly in Brittany, where
authorities in Finistère urged people to stay at home to avoid winds of 207
km/h (129 mph).
Local authorities closed parks, forests and seafronts, local trains were
cancelled and all roads in Finistère were shut. More than 1,300 people were
relocated, mainly from camp sites, and several houses evacuated in Brest after
a crane toppled over."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
