Storm Ciaranone of the most powerful extratropical cyclones in recent times, leaving heavy rain and hurricane-force winds in the English Channel, Spain and Belgium. three deaths, power outages, traffic chaos and school closures.

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

In the Belgian city of Ghent, in the north-west of the country, One person died, another broke his leg. when a tree fell on them while they were walking in the central park of the Citadel at noon.

These are the worst consequences of the giant storm that extends from Iceland to southern Spain, with the risk of spreading to Central Europe, which has become very deep due to explosive cyclogenesis, a phenomenon that occurs when the intensification of a low pressure system occurs extremely quickly.

Following Hurricane Babet a few days ago, Ciaran was exposed to a powerful jet stream coming from the Atlantic and caused heavy rains and hurricane winds this has already caused severe flooding in Northern Ireland on Wednesday and will affect the south of the United Kingdom, north-west France, Spain and Belgium this Thursday.

France is one of the countries most affected by Ciarán. Gusts were a Category 3 hurricane, killing one, injuring four, displacing 1,315, leaving 1.2 million homes without power and disrupted transportation.

Traffic is prohibited in the Breton department of Finistère. and it was advised against using vehicles in Côtes d’Armor on the Brittany coast and the English Channel on the Normandy coast, where a red alert was issued for winds.

A further 24 people, all on the Atlantic coast, are on orange alert for Ciarán. Yesterday evening off the coast of Brittany wind gusts up to 207 kilometers per hour at Raz Point, in the department of Finisterre or 156 km/h in Brest, the main city of the region.

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Except, 1315 people had to leave their homes, especially from campsites and reception areas, as well as from several houses in the city of Brest (Brittany, north-west) due to a falling crane.

Firefighters had to carry out almost 1900 interventions throughout the country. Three of the four victims were firefighters.

Two airports in Brittany, Brest and Quimper, They have been closed since yesterday and elsewhere in north-west France planes have had to be diverted to other locations.

Trucks have Traffic is prohibited throughout the Brittany region. and five regions in northwestern France canceled all their regional trains during the day on Thursday (Brittany, Normandy, Hautes-de-France, Centre-Loire Valley and Loire Lands).

They have been removed 10% of high speed trains (TGV) in France, with the cancellation of traffic on such routes Paris-Le Mans and Paris-Nantes.

All of Spain is on alert, with the exception of the Canary Islands. rains, wind gusts up to 110 km/h and sea storms, with the highest incidence rates in Galicia, in the northwest, where a red warning is in effect for waves of 9 meters high.

England had to suspend train service and in Cornwall, 7,000 homes were left without power due to heavy rain and strong winds.

The authorities appealed to the population with a request Avoid driving in coastal areas of southern England. and try not to travel and work from home.

Hundreds of schools have closed in Southampton, on the Isle of Wight, Devon, and East Sussex and Dorset, all in the south of England.

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Meanwhile, in Belgium and the Netherlands, an orange alert has been activated in coastal areas and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport cancels hundreds of flights is scheduled for this afternoon, with Rotterdam also canceling some routes.

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 littered with chopped trees.

In anticipation of Ciarán’s arrival in Italy in the next few hours, a wave of bad weather sweeping the north of the country has forced several localities to issue a decree closure of educational centersand public areas in the face of expected heavy rain and thunderstorms.

(according to information from EFE)