Three dead, power cuts and transport chaos due to powerful storm Ciarán in Europe

O storm Ciaránone of the most powerful extratropical cyclones in recent memory, is leaving heavy rain and hurricane-force winds in the English Channel, Spain It is Belgiumwith three deaths, power cuts, transport chaos and school closures.

A young woman died this morning in Madrid after a tree fell on him due to strong gusts of wind and the driver of a truck died in France when another tree fell on his vehicle.

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In the Belgian city of Ghentin the northwest of the country, one person lost their life and another broke their leg when a tree fell on them as they walked downtown at midday. Citadel Park.

Tree trunk fallen on a car, effect in Madrid of the strong wind caused by Ciarán, a high-impact storm coming from the United Kingdom, on November 2, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Jiménez / EFE)

These are the worst effects of a gigantic storm that has covered since Iceland south of Spainwith the risk of spreading to the center of Europewhich has become very deep due to explosive cyclogenesis, a phenomenon that occurs when the intensification of a low pressure system occurs extraordinarily quickly.

After Babet Storm a few days ago, Ciarán was propelled by a powerful jet stream that arrived from Atlantic and triggered heavy rains and hurricane winds that on Wednesday already caused serious flooding in northern Ireland and that this Thursday he is attacking the south of UKnorthwestern France, Spain and Belgium.

France is one of the countries hardest hit by Ciarán, which recorded some category 3 hurricane gusts, and there is one death, four injuries, 1,315 people displaced, 1.2 million homes without electricity and transport interruptions.

Circulation was banned in the Breton department of Finistere and was advised to refrain from using vehicles in Côtes d’Armor on the coast of Brittany and La Manche in Normandyon red alert due to the wind.

Another 24, all on the Atlantic coast, are on orange alert for Ciarán. Last night, off the coast of Brittany, gusts of up to 207 kilometers per hour were recorded at the tip of the Reasonin the department of Finisterreor 156 km/h in Brest, the main city in the region.

Furthermore, 1,315 people had to be displaced, especially from campsites and reception areas, as well as several residences in the city of Brest (Brittany, northwest) due to a crane collapse.

Firefighters had to carry out around 1,900 interventions across the country. Three of the four injured are firefighters.

Two airports in Brittany, Brest and Quimperhave been closed since yesterday and in others in northwest France, planes had to be diverted to some further away.

Pedestrians walk past a destroyed warehouse in Porspoder, western France, on November 2, 2023, as Storm Ciaran batters the region. (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER/AFP) (DAMIEN MEYER/)

Trucks are banned from driving throughout the Brittany region and five regions in northwest France canceled all their regional trains during the day on Thursday (Brittany, Normandy, Heights of France, Center-Loire Valley It is Loire Country).

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10% of high-speed trains (TGV) were abolished in France, with the cancellation of traffic on routes such as Paris-Le Mans and Paris-Nantes.

All of Spain is on alert – except Canary Islands-, due to rain, wind gusts of up to 110km/h and sea storms, with the highest incidence in Galicia, to the northwest, where there is a red warning for waves of 9 meters.

Violent gusts of wind caused the death of a young woman in Madrid and injuries to three other people, and emergency services have had to respond to thousands of incidents across the country.

And the most adverse phenomenon for this Thursday will be the wind, which since the last few hours has left very strong gusts in the north and center of the country and even hurricanes in the mountainous and coastal areas.

England had to suspend rail services and in the county of Cornwall There are 7 thousand homes without electricity due to torrential rains and strong winds.

Aerial photograph taken with a drone of the flooding of the River Derwent at Stamford Bridge, Great Britain, on October 30, 2023. (Photo EFE/EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN) (ADAM VAUGHAN/)

Authorities have asked people to avoid driving in the coastal areas of southern England and to try not to travel and work from home.

Hundreds of schools closed in the city of Southamptonat the Isle of Wightin the municipality of Devonas well as those of East Sussex It is Dorseteverything in the south of England.

There are also life-threatening alerts on Scotlandwhere the winds are expected to reach this Friday.

However, in Belgium and Netherlands Orange alert has been activated in coastal areas and in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam canceled hundreds of flights scheduled for this afternoon, while Rotterdam It also canceled some trips.

In addition to the person killed in Brussels, another person was seriously injured after falling into the capital’s river canal along with two other people who are out of danger.

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During the day, numerous incidents were recorded that required the intervention of firefighters and civil protection services, such as roofs lifted by the wind or roads blocked by truncated trees.

Expecting Ciarán to arrive in Italy in the next few hours, the wave of bad weather affecting the north of the country has forced several localities to close educational centers and public spaces due to the expected heavy rains and thunderstorms.

Source: Elcomercio