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Europe: Storm Eunice leaves 16 dead
The storm formed in Ireland, left heavy material damage
Northwestern Europe was affected by Storm Eunice, causing property damage, power outages and 16 deaths.
This storm passed through certain parts of the United Kingdom, then through northern France, as well as Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Later, it continued its course through Denmark and Germany, a place where a red alert had to be declared in the north of the country, until Saturday.
A spokesman for the Deutsche Bahn railway company reported that more than a thousand kilometers of railways in Germany have been damaged. This was the result of fallen trees partially stopping traffic to the north of the country.
The alert decreed by the German weather service has already been removed because the peak of the storm has passed.
High Wind Results
Hundreds of trains, ferries and flights were canceled in northwestern Europe by Eunice's winds. Storm Dudley, less than 48 hours later, had left six people dead in Germany and Poland.
Storm Eunice has left 16 people dead distributed in: Belgium (2), Germany (2), Poland (4), England (4), the Netherlands (4). Most of the deaths occurred from trees that fell on the vehicles.
Dozens of houses in the Netherlands had to be evacuated in The Hague, its capital, due to fears that a church tower would collapse. Railways were also interrupted, as were train services from Amsterdam to Brussels, London or Paris.
Clean-up operations could be affected by a new strong but weaker wind, according to the weather agency. This is expected in different parts of the UK.
As of Saturday, approximately 226,000 homes remained without power in the country. Insurers calculate a damage of more than 300 million pounds (400 million dollars or 360 million euros).
Also, rail connections are suspended in Poland and 1.2 million people remain without electricity.
Strong winds
The wind gust recorded on the Isle of Wight, in England, was 196 km/h. So the British weather service published a red alert statement (highest level), for the south of England, south Wales and London.
This is the first time that this alert level has been reached in the British capital since 2011, when the system was integrated.
These high winds cause major flooding concerns, as heavy rains were expected on Saturday.
In France, waves over nine meters high were recorded in Brittany (west) and strong winds of up to 176 km/h in Gris-Nez (north).
Although there is information that climate change affects extreme phenomena, the case of winds and storms is not known.
Climate experts from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in August that it is estimated, with a low level of certainty, that the number of storms had increased since the decade of 1980, in the northern hemisphere.
