Storm Kieran has kept much of Western Europe on alert, with heavy rain and winds killing 7 people – in France, Spain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Severe flooding is also affecting Northern Ireland and the southern UK, while Belgium and the Netherlands have declared a national alert.
The Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos indicated that the storm led to power outages and chaos in air and railway transport throughout the region.
At least 7 people died due to rain and strong winds, with a speed of about 200 kilometers per hour, resulting from Storm Kiran as it passed through Europe. A woman was killed in Madrid when a tree fell on her, and in France a truck driver also died after a tree fell on her. His car.
Two other deaths were recorded in the Belgian city of Ghent, northwest of the country, where a 5-year-old girl and a woman died due to falling trees.
In Germany, the police reported that a 46-year-old woman also died as a result of a tree falling in the Harz Mountains in the north of the country, and a man died in the town of Venray in the Netherlands in the same circumstances.
Eurostar, which operates trains between the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and the UK, said traffic “may be affected” and recommended that flights be postponed. Several airports canceled hundreds of flights, awaiting the development of weather conditions.
Experts from the Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet) explained that the strength of this storm is due to explosive cyclogenesis, a phenomenon that occurs when a low pressure system intensifies at an unusual speed.
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2023-11-03 09:05:00
