Storm Ciaran battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km per hour killing a lorry driver as southern England remained on high alert Thursday and rail operators in several countries warned of traffic disruptions. National Highways, the government's road operator, issued a severe weather alert for gales, warning of a "significant risk" to vehicles, while rail commuters in southern England advised to work from home by train operators, as lines are assessed for fallen trees and debri
Five people were killed by falling trees as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe on Thursday, bringing record winds as high as 200 kilometres per hour, floods, blackouts and major travel disruptions. They only hold their race along the Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier in the western Netherlands if the wind is above a gale seven on the Beaufort Scale (up to 61 kilometres per hour), but they finally met their match with Storm Ciaran and had to cancel.
eastern ukraine. storm eunice has been battering northern europe, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction. millions of people in the uk were warned to stay at home as the storm hit with record winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour recorded. three of those who died were here in britain. in each case, they were inside vehicles hit by flying debris orfalling trees. the bbc s danny savage reports from bristol in south west england. the sea state along the south coast was frightening. the isle of wight recorded a gust of 122 mph. in hampshire, a man in his 20s died when the van he was in hit a tree. the driver was also seriously injured. oh, my gosh! oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh! and it wasn tjust trees falling. that is the spire of st thomas s church in wells being destroyed. near bristol, a speed limit on the m4 prince
orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. storm eunice has been battering northern europe, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction. millions of people in the uk were warned to stay at home as the storm hit with record winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour recorded. three of those who died were here in britain. in each case, they were inside vehicles hit by flying debris orfalling trees. landmark buildings suffered damage with panels ripped off the roof of the 02 arena in london 1,000 people were evacuated from the site. the north of england and scotland escaped much of the ferocity of storm eunice but instead suffered heavy falls of snow which caused widespread disruption on the roads. the weather system has been moving relatively rapidly from west to east. storm eunice was strengthened by a powerful jet stream, which propelled it across the republic of ireland and the uk. eunice is now moving across northern europe, where it ll give the risk
how do they compare on the ground what you re seeing? without getting to seeing exactly what has been impacted and how much yet, i don t think area wise it s quite as much flood damage as katrina was. there s several impacts in areas but not as much of a coverage area being flooded like katrina. but the storm seems to have a ton of wind damage along with it for a bigger area. they all vary a little bit. and somewhat lived up to be as bad as of a storm they said it was going to be. you know, record winds and gusts and storm surge possibilities. it s definitely wasn t a good one. yeah. each of these storms has its own sort of fingerprint. i know after hurricane katrina, billions of dollars were spent on flood management to make sure the water event wouldn t be the problem.