Storm Eunice, which strikes northwestern Europe, left at least 14 dead, with significant property damage as well as widespread blackouts in many areas.
The blizzard passed through southern Britain on Friday and continued into northern France, the Benelux countries, Denmark and Germany, where nearly a third of the northern provinces went on alert.
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According to a representative of the German Railways (Deutsche Bahn), the railways have been damaged for at least 1,000 kilometers, mainly due to falling trees. As a result, rail links to much of the country were cut off.
Hundreds of flights and train and ferry services were canceled across northwestern Europe due to strong winds that accompanied Younis, the second storm to hit the same area just 48 hours after the Dundley Pass, which killed at least six people in Poland. and Germany.
So far, Eunice has caused 14 deaths: two in Poland and Germany, four in the Netherlands, three in England, one in Ireland and two in Belgium. According to Ghent police, a 37-year-old man who was injured in the head on Friday by a solar panel, succumbed today in the hospital where he was being treated.
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Many deaths were caused by falling trees on cars.
In The Hague, the Netherlands, dozens of homes were evacuated as a bell tower was in danger of collapsing. Trains from Amsterdam to Brussels have also been suspended and are not expected to resume today.
In the United Kingdom, at least 226,000 households were left without electricity until noon today. Insurance companies estimate the losses exceed 300 300 million.
About 1 million people in Poland are in the same situation, according to local authorities. And in this country the train services were interrupted.
Fears of floods
In England, on the island of White, a gust of wind was recorded that reached a speed of 196 kilometers per hour, something unprecedented for the region.
In Essex, west London, a 400-year-old tree was uprooted and fell on a house. “I heard a squeak, after a huge bang, the whole house was shaking (…) It was scary,” Sven Good, 23, who was inside the house, told Sky News.
In northern France, about 30 people have been reported injured, mostly in road accidents caused by falling trees or objects. Electricity was cut off in about 37,000 homes.
Strong winds, combined with big waves, raise the fear of floods, as heavy rains are expected in many areas today. Waves that sometimes exceeded nine meters were recorded in Brittany, France while the wind reached in places at 176 kilometers per hour at Cape Gray-Ne.
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