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Meteorological offices in northwestern Europe issued wind and rain warnings through Thursday due to Storm Ciaran, which is moving through the region towards the North Sea.
The UK’s Met Office said wind and rain warnings would remain in force until Friday and issued amber alerts for parts of southwest England and then the southeast of the country, later in the day.
There was also the threat of flooding in coastal communities.
“Large waves and onshore gales brought by Storm Ciaran could see significant flooding along parts of the south coast tomorrow,” said Ben Lukey from the UK government’s Environment Agency.
Some flights canceled, power outages reported
The storm is also making its presence felt over continental Europe where some flights have had to be cancelled and power has been knocked out.
In France, Transport Minister Clement Beaune told local radio that a truck driver died in the Aisne department, northeast of Paris, when a tree fell on his truck.
The weather system also caused power outages among 1.2 million households.
Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said teams of technicians were working to restore power supply.
As many as 780,000 households were affected in the area of Brittany, located in the northwest of France.
Dutch airline KLM had to scrap dozens of flights from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Thursday with gusts of wind up to 110 kilometers per hour (68 miles per hour) being experienced.
“We have decided to cancel all KLM flights to and from Schiphol from early afternoon until the end of the day,” the Dutch wing of airline Air France KLM said.
Germany issues warnings
The German Weather Service (DWD) on Thursday also issued warnings for the German North Sea and Baltic Sea coastal areas.
Germany’s East Frisia and Heligoland would be particularly affected and on the Baltic Sea, strong winds were expected to continue, but stronger gusts are to be expected from Flensburg to Fehmarn and the island of Rügen.
kb/sms (Reuters, dpa)
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