Floods and landslides
Floods, avalanches, torn roofs, uprooted trees ... The storm Eleanor continues to sweep Europe, extending the long list of the damage observed in several regions, in particular in France.
- Winds up to 200 km / h
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The effects of the storm named Eleanor were felt in Belgium but also in the United Kingdom, Corsica and Switzerland. Among the countries most affected, France, which currently has five dead, two missing and 27 wounded.
In its wake, the storm leaves cities flooded, properties ransacked and considerable damage. After Ana, Bruno and Carmen, Eleanor is the fourth storm to hit the region with winds of nearly 200 km / h.
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- Sacred habitats
Several thousand households were deprived of electricity due to the storm and a 62-meter wind turbine collapsed in the Vendée. Even before his arrival, the winds had caused the death of a man Sunday, killed in his car by the fall of a tree. More than 4,000 inhabitants of ten municipalities of Seine-Maritime were also deprived of tap water because of the rush of the last days, which made it unfit for consumption.
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Everywhere, hundreds of roofs flew away, thousands of trees were torn off, both on the property and on public roads.
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In the Alps and especially on the Savoyard massif, the danger remains present concerning heavy snowfall. Access to many ski resorts was still closed in the night from Thursday to Friday while rains are expected next night. Depriving thousands of skiers from the slopes ...
Wednesday, January 3, a 21-year-old skier lost his life after the fall of a tree in Morillon, Haute-Savoie.
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- Risks of floods and avalanches
Despite the general lull, since Friday, January 5, fears remain around the risk of floods and avalanches, particularly in four French departments kept vigilant orange (the Jura, the Doubs, the Haute-Saone and the Territory-de -Belfort). Not to mention the mudslides and other landslides that still disrupt traffic and isolate villages.
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Thursday, a farmer died, crushed by an avalanche in Savoie.
- Derailment
In Switzerland, one of the cars of a Bernese Montreux Oberland train went to bed, under the force of gusts of wind, this Wednesday, January 3rd. The incident injured eight passengers.
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- The happiness of surfers
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Despite the damage, the storm will have made some happy. In Marseille, she was particularly happy surfers who have released their boards face monstrous waves. Because if the Mediterranean offers only a little swell, Eleanor stirred the sea and the most courageous did not hesitate to jump into the water.
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The Northeast part of America is getting hit with huge storms and dangerous cols as well. The large moon, which is the closets it will be to earth this year caused high tides here In America.
Looks like this part of the world is gong through its own huge storms as well.
I think all this is due to the ozone hole
you are in amrica ?
Yes I live in America this has to o do with a super moons. The moon is closer to the earth as it’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle. The ozone hole is closing!
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-storm-eleanor-high-tides-cyclone-bomb
The most important thing is that the losses are few, Especially the absence of casualties
Welcome to Morocco ,The atmosphere here is lovely haha