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Storm Ciaran: A ‘weather bomb’ exploded but the worst was avoided

207 km/h at Pointe du Raz and 156 km/h at Brest in Finistère, 171 km/h at Granville in the Channel and the same at Fort-Mahon near the Bay of Somme. Storm Ciaran, which had been billed as a “weather bomb” since last weekend, exploded in northwestern France on Wednesday evening before continuing its path towards the northern sea late Thursday. Exceptional intensity, although slightly lower than the 216 km/h hurricane of October 1987 recorded at the tip of Brittany.

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Fifteen people died in France then. At the end of December 1999, during the memorable hurricanes Lothar and Martin, 92 people died in our country. This time the casualties will be less severe, even though two people died: a truck driver killed by a falling tree in Resson-le-Long (Aisne) and a 70-year-old man who fell from a ground-floor balcony in Le Havre (Maritime Sena) at the same time wants to close his shutters. The storm left fifteen minor injuries, including seven firefighters, and one seriously injured in Roubaix (North). “Despite the severity of this storm, we have limited the loss of life,” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said.

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Source: Le Parisien

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