Storm Kirk, which hit western Europe yesterday, has left behind at least one dead in southern France and more than 67,000 people without electricity, as announced by the electricity company Enedis and broadcast by BFM TV.

Gusts of wind in the southern French town of Sette caused three boats to capsize, killing one person and seriously injuring another, the Hérault prefecture said.

After an emergency crisis management meeting in Paris, Energy Transition Minister Agnes Panier-Rounasse told reporters that the government was mobilizing “all state services” and called on citizens to be cautious.

“These episodes will have a recurring tendency. We live in an era in which climate change appears in clear form in our daily lives“, he added.

Authorities put the department of Seine-et-Marne, near Paris, in “red alert” about the risk of flooding as the Grand Moraine River, a tributary of the Seine, which runs through the French capital, swelled from the rain.

Another 29 of the country’s prefectures were placed in “orange alert” as heavy rains and strong winds are expected.

Power outages in Portugal, mudslides in Spain

In Portugal, the civil protection authority reported more than 1,300 incidents overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, three-quarters of which involved falling trees in the north of the country.

Porto, the largest city in the north, was hardest hit as 400 trees were uprooted there.

In addition, cars were damaged and rail services were disrupted near Bartselos, also in the north of the country.

According to the country’s electricity company, it was caused by the storm power outage in more than 300,000 households.

Meteorological service officials and the civil protection service have predicted winds of 120 kilometers per hour as well as heavy rain and for this reason put coastal areas on “yellow alert” as waves reached a height of seven meters.

And in Spain the authorities put in “orange alert” the northern and northwestern part of the country warning of winds of 140 kilometers per hour in the principality of Asturias.

In Galicia, in the northwest, roads were blocked by mudslides and fallen trees.