2023-11-03 11:28:34
Storm Ciaran is hitting Europe and has caused at least ten deaths since Thursday, November 2, and caused widespread damage and significant disruptions to maritime and air transport. Precipitation and strong winds shift eastward after hitting the Atlantic coast.
Falling trees caused by violent gusts of wind are the cause of most fatal accidents: two victims in Belgium, two in France, one in the center of Madrid, one in Germany and a seventh in the Netherlands .
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In the Flemish city of Ghent, a Ukrainian child, who was playing outside, was injured by falling branches. Aged 5, he died in hospital a few hours later, according to the prosecution. In a separate incident, a 64-year-old woman, visiting from Germany, was also killed in a city park. His 31-year-old daughter was seriously injured.
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Three people died in Tuscany, in north-central Italy where the storm caused record rainfall, local authorities announced. “What happened last night in Tuscany has a name: climate change”estimated on his X account (formerly Twitter) the governor of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, who declared a state of emergency.
The two deaths in France are a septuagenarian who suffered a fatal fall in Le Havre (north-west) after being hit by the shutters of his home due to violent winds, and a truck driver killed in Aisne by the fall of ‘a tree on its heavy weight. Sixteen people, including seven firefighters, were injured in the same area, including one seriously, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Thursday.
Transport disrupted across Europe
It was difficult to travel in Belgium on Thursday. Storm Ciaran led to the interruption of part of rail traffic in Flanders and trains ran at reduced speed in the rest of Belgium. Maritime traffic was also interrupted for the day in the Antwerp port area. Brussels airport was also experiencing disruptions. But flights continued to operate there despite numerous delays.
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In France, the transport sector was also disrupted, particularly in the West, where winds sometimes exceeded 200 km/h and regional trains did not run until Friday morning. At Beauvais airport, near Paris, almost all flights were canceled until midday. Beyond transport problems, around 1.2 million homes in western France were deprived of electricity, including 780,000 in Brittany alone, where Emmanuel Macron is expected this Friday. On
Storm Ciaran: more than 1 million people are without mobile network.
Thanks to the operators @FFTelecoms @free mobilized, in connection with @Enedisso that the restoration of power is accompanied by a rapid resumption of telecommunications.
— Jean-Noël Barrot (@jnbarrot) November 2, 2023
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In the Netherlands, where the alert level was raised to orange, with winds expected up to 110 km/h, 200 flights were canceled at Schiphol-Amsterdam airport. Rail and ferry traffic was also disrupted. Faced with traffic jams, motorists were asked to favor working from home.
A complicated situation in England and Spain
Ciaran won England on Thursday afternoon. Strong winds and heavy rain caused significant disruption, with maritime connections from the port of Dover suspended for much of the morning. Hundreds of schools have been closed. In Cornwall, in the southwest of England, more than 8,500 homes were left without power. In York, further north, the River Ouse which runs through the city overflowed causing flooding.
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The Channel Island of Jersey, on red alert, recorded winds of up to 160 km/h and 35 people had to stay in hotels after damage to their homes according to police. All flights have been canceled at Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney airports.
In Spain, the part most affected by the storm is the northwest, where some areas of Galicia are on red alert, due to extremely violent winds on the coast. According to the Spanish meteorological agency (Aemet), certain coastal areas of the Basque Country are also on red alert, with waves reaching 8 or 9 meters. More than 80 flights were canceled at 11 airports across the country.
In the east of the country, “several fires in the province, aggravated by the wind” were reported on the Valence side, local firefighters wrote on X. These fires forced several villages to evacuate. The storm also led to the interruption of rail traffic on Thursday between Ourense and Vigo or between A Coruña and Ferrol, in Galicia, as well as on other small lines in the regions of Cantabria, Asturias or the Basque Country.
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