Storm Ciaran has today hit Western Europe with strong winds and heavy rain. Just before 3 p.m., the news came from Reuters that storm Ciaran had claimed a human life in the Netherlands. The person died after being hit by a tree. Several of the six who have so far lost their lives in the storm have died in the same way, according to Reuters. Major destruction In the Netherlands, winds of 100 km/h have been measured, and 206 flights have been canceled at the airport in Amsterdam. Trains from the Dutch capital to Paris have also been cancelled. In the early hours of Thursday, there have been several vandalisms to properties and roads in southern England. More than 300 schools are closed, and train lines and ferries are canceled in several places. This is what the waves looked like at the port of Newhaven in southern England this afternoon. Photo: Glyn Kirk / AFP The port in Dover, in the south-east of England, was closed until 1pm on Thursday. This led to long truck queues. – Stay at home, advise the British authorities. There have been reports of high water and high waves, and wind gusts of up to 160 km/h in some places in southern England. Southern England is on high alert, and there is a yellow weather warning for the whole of the British Isles. In several places there is a great danger of flume. The Channel Islands are the hardest hit. The BBC reports that 40 people have had to leave their homes in Jersey. The reason is ruined roofs, walls and windows in their houses. 9,000 have lost power, and damage to roads and cars has been reported. Big waves in Newhaven, England. Ciaran has hit the British coast hard. Woman tries to walk through water, streets flooded in several places due to heavy rain in storm Ciaran. A couple walks past a destroyed building in Porspoder, west of France. Abundant in the streets of Penmach, in the west of France. High gusts of wind and a lot of rainfall throughout the region. Several places in Western Europe hit The weather has also hit France, where there have been wind gusts of up to 164 km/h. The French Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmain, reports on Twitter/X that over 1,300 people have been evacuated from their homes. A lorry driver has died in north-eastern France, after his lorry was hit by a tree, writes Sky News. AFP reports that 1.2 million people in north-west France lost power on the night of Thursday, when record gusts of 200 km/h were measured. 1.2 million homes lost power when storm Ciaran hit the northwest coast of France. Photo: AFP – In the process of abating in Norway The storm seems to be abating in France. Weather service Meteo France has reduced the warning for strong winds, from red to orange in several places in northern France. In Norway, the storm leads to wind and precipitation in Southern Norway, and rain and snow in Eastern Norway. – The storm is about to subside and especially the strong wind, but there will be several rounds of precipitation in Southern Norway, says meteorologist Terje Alsvik Walløe.
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