LONDON (AP) – The Latest on the storm battering Europe (all times local):
12:15 p.m.
France’s interior ministry says nine people have been injured in a violent wind storm pummeling the country.
A scaffolding collapsed due to a violent windstorm, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, as France’s national electricity provider reports 200,000 households without electricity across the country, including 30,000 in the Paris region due to storm damage. A severe storm packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour has battered much of Europe overnight and Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain, hail and lightning to the region. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Four people are said to be in serious condition following accidents caused by the winds that reached speeds above 100 mph (160 kph) on Wednesday.
In the Paris region a falling tree hit a car and seriously injured one person, while another resident was seriously hurt falling from a building.
In the Eure-et-Loir, a motorcyclist hit a tree that had been uprooted and fell into the road. In the east, a woman was seriously injured after an object hit her in the head.
First responders have made 3,250 interventions related to some of the worst winds to hit France in years.
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10:40 a.m.
Zoos have been closed, roads flooded and a train has derailed as a winter storm batters large parts of Germany.
The German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that a train derailed near Luenen in western Germany when it crashed against a tree that had fallen on the tracks. No injuries were reported.
Highways near Duisburg and Juelich in the west were also partially blocked because of toppled trees and flooding.
The zoos in Munich and Augsburg in Bavaria closed for the day and the railway leading up on Germany’s tallest mountain, the Zugspitze, was also shut down because of the bad weather.
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10:15 a.m.
A severe storm packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour has battered Britain and Ireland overnight.
The storm, which included heavy rain, hail and lightning left tens of thousands of households in Ireland and Britain without power, and also led to some bridge and road closures.
Extremely high tides also caused the partial collapse of a harbor wall in Cornwall in southwestern Britain.
Overturned vehicles forced officials to close portions of three major highways in England.
The country’s main weather forecaster, the Met Office, says gusts reached 100 mph in Cumbria 280 miles (450 kilometers) northwest of London early Wednesday morning when the storm reached its peak.
Forecasters said gusts of up to 80 mph are possible Wednesday.
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10 a.m.
France’s national electricity provider says a violent windstorm has left some 200,000 households without electricity across the country, including 30,000 in the Paris region.
The windstorm battered northern France Wednesday with winds reaching over 90 mph. Photos of destroyed cars, collapsed scaffolding and uprooted trees have appeared across social media.
Some 2,000 agents have been deployed to reconnect the energy supplies in the 49 French departments that have been placed on high alert.
Strong winds also battered Paris’ biggest airport Charles de Gaulle. Paris’ airport authority said that flights have been disrupted with slight delays stemming from precautions being taken to safely get travelers into aircraft.
A scaffolding collapsed due to a violent windstorm, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, as France’s national electricity provider reports 200,000 households without electricity across the country, including 30,000 in the Paris region due to storm damage. A severe storm packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour has battered much of Europe overnight and Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain, hail and lightning to the region. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A stroller walks with a dog as winter storm Burglind blows over the Lake Constance, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Rorschach, Switzerland. The storm is expected to cause strong gusts of wind of up to 150 kilometers per hour in some mountain areas. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
The DFDS Dover Seaways passenger ferry is engulfed by waves in heavy weather as she approaches the Port of Dover, southern England, Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018. A severe storm packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour has battered much of Europe overnight and Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain, hail and lightning to the region and leaving some thousands of homes without power. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
Big waves crash over the sea walls in Blackpool northwest England as a storm lashed the UK with violent storm-force winds of up to 100mph, leaving thousands of homes without power and hitting transport links Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Waves crash over the stone jetty wall in Aberystwyth in west Wales as Storm Eleanor lashed Britain with violent storm-force winds of up to 100mph, leaving thousands of homes without power and hitting transport links Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
A car drives through a flooded car park in Salthill, Galway, Ireland Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018 as Storm Eleanor lashed Britain and Ireland with violent storm-force winds of up to 100mph, leaving thousands of homes without power and hitting transport links. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
A woman walks with an umbrella as big waves pound the lakeside promenade on the Lake of Geneva, in the Ouchy Harbour, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. The Storm Burglind is expected to cause strong gusts of wind of up to 150 kilometers per hour in some mountain areas. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Children stand on the seafront as a wave crashes over the sea wall in Aberystwyth in west Wales as Storm Eleanor lashed Britain with violent storm-force winds of up to 100mph, leaving thousands of homes without power and hitting transport links Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
A scaffolding collapsed due to a violent windstorm, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, as France’s national electricity provider reports 200,000 households without electricity across the country, including 30,000 in the Paris region due to storm damage. A severe storm packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour has battered much of Europe overnight and Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain, hail and lightning to the region. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A partially collapsed harbour wall in Portreath, Cornwall, Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018 after Storm Eleanor lashed Britain and Ireland with violent storm-force winds of up to 100mph, leaving thousands of homes without power and hitting transport links.(Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
A kitesurfer makes use of the wind in Dagebuell, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A storm with hurricane-like winds is expected for the afternoon. (Carsten Rehder/dpa via AP)
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