35,000 households and businesses remain without electricity on the island.
The severe storms which hit the western Mediterranean since Tuesday they claimed the lives of five people in Corsica, according to a more recent report by local authorities. The more than 20 injured and three of them are hospitalized in critical condition.
After successive heat waves and drought, the storms and wind gusts reaching up to 224 km/h, they also caused a lot of property damage. The coast guard had to intervene several times for rescues at sea.
This morning Ajaccio Airport experienced wind gusts over 130km/h during thunderstormspic.twitter.com/LNdXU1ddt0
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) August 18, 2022
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This morning Corsica was covered by a storm band, which caused very strong gusts of wind. At least 3 people were killed, including a 13-year-old girl. France#storm #stormhour #hurricane #Corsica pic.twitter.com/qgM8nKfyxk— BRAVE SPIRIT (@Brave_spirit81) August 18, 2022
On land, three people aged between 13 and 72 were killed when they were overwhelmed by uprooted trees and roofs blown away by the wind. A 62-year-old fisherman and a woman kayaking died at sea. Among the injured is a 23-year-old Italian tourist.
Three people including a teenage girl and an elderly woman died as a violent storm that unleashed swirling, hurricane-force winds battered Corsica, leaving 45,000 households without electricity https://t.co/vM4qDyIE2m pic.twitter.com/NXWaQVS5OK
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2022
Already 3 persons died and dozens are injured #Corsica due to the violent storm (224km/h!).
Climate inaction kills.#ClimateEmergency pic.twitter.com/GBkIP6uZ7J
— Mélanie Vogel (@Melanie_Vogel_) August 18, 2022
35,000 households remain without electricity and businesses on the island, as reported by a representative of the EDF company.
However, the French meteorological service Météo-France lifted the alarm it had issued since the morning, since the front of the storms is now moving east, towards Italy.
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