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Violent storms set to lash Brittany and Normandy

National weather agency Météo France has issued a warning bulletin as violent storms are set to batter Brittany and Normandy in north western France towards the end of the week.

Published: 1 February 2017 17:01 CET
Violent storms set to lash Brittany and Normandy
Photo: AFP

Just as winter's icy grip on France seemed to relax, another weather phenomenon is set to batter France, or at least the north west.

Météo France said that the Atlantic sea will begin to swell in the afternoon and into the evening as a depression moves in from the west.

By Friday at noon, winds of up to 130 km/hr are tipped to hit the coastline of southern Brittany, while winds of up to 110 km/hr will whip the coasts of Normandy, further east. 
 
The agency said that at this point the sea will be “extremely agitated”. 
 
 
The strong winds are expected to reach speeds of 130 km/hr on the coastlines and up to 110 km/hr inland, the agency said in a bulletin. 
While it's early days as yet, Météo France warned that a separate storm may lash the coastlines on Saturday, potentially followed by a third on Sunday. 
 
And the rest of France won't necessarily be spared, with the agency tipping that the storms may head south. 
 
As yet, Météo France has not put any departments on alert, although this could change as the storm approaches.  
 

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UPDATE: Death toll from storms in Switzerland rises to six

The death toll from flash floods that hit Switzerland after storms at the weekend rose to six Wednesday after a body was discovered in the southeastern canton of Ticino, police said.

Published: 3 July 2024 09:05 CEST
Updated: 3 July 2024 14:54 CEST
UPDATE: Death toll from storms in Switzerland rises to six

The alpine region is experiencing its worst flooding since 2000 when 13 people were killed in a mudslide which destroyed the village of Gondo.

Police said the body was found in the Maggia river — the same area where another victim was discovered on Tuesday.

Emergency services had to use a helicopter to recover the remains.

The latest death brings the toll in the Ticino canton to five, making it the region hardest hit by the storms.

On Sunday, three German women in their 70s died after a torrential downpour triggered a landslide in the Italian-speaking canton.

In the neighbouring canton of Valais, where hundreds of people were evacuated as a result of overflowing rivers, a German man was found dead in a hotel basement in Saas-Grund.

Police said that he was probably taken by surprise by the rapid rise of the floodwater.

Scientists say climate change driven by human activity is increasing the severity, frequency and length of extreme weather events such as floods and storms.

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