A winter storm named ‘Xynthia’ had badly ruined the western coast of Europe. This wind storm had downing trees, power lines etc. & approximate 51 casualties reported, authorities said.
Tonight flood warnings issued across Britain’s coastal areas. As the tail end of an Atlantic storm killed at least 40 people in France.
Earlier the storm, named Xynthia had badly ruin France in 1999, when 90 people died.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in a brief news conference, “It’s a national catastrophe. Many people drowned, surprised by the rapid rise of the water.”
Britain announce an alert of serious flooding which may put lives and property, was issued by the Environment Agency for parts of Cambridgeshire. The storm also hit Belgium. Fire services said they had received too much calls of bringing down electricity pylons fallen trees and blocking of roads but no deaths was reported there.
The storm was moving eastward and parts of France along the border with Germany and Belgium were on alert for heavy rain and high winds.
As a study, the Britain had its coldest February since 1995 and the coldest winter since 1978/79.
The waves came approximate 26ft (8m) high due to Xynthia.
Winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) caused chaos. The storm moved from Portugal up through the Bay of Biscay.
Electricity had failed in nearly 900,000 population area in France. Rivers had overflowed their banks in Brittany and high tides and pounding waves swamped Atlantic Ocean communities when they were faced it.
A warning of risk of flooding also has announced in parts of North Yorkshire, coastal village of Sandsend, and in Roker, Sunderland.
119 flights has canceled from Frankfurt airport while other reported delayed. Many trains in entire France were reported delayed because of flood is on railway tracks.