The season’s most powerful windstorm to date, Storm Ciarán, was socking northwestern Europe this week with heavy rain, pounding waves and damaging winds that left at least four people dead and others injured.
The storm, which has shattered numerous wind and pressure records, is the first of two powerful systems expected to impact the continent into this weekend.Storm Ciaran brought strong winds and rainfall to parts of the United Kingdom, causing damage to trees and infrastructure overnight into Nov. 2.
"Storm Ciarán will move into the North Sea on Thursday evening and will weaken overnight," AccuWeather Lead International Meteorologist Jason Nicholls said."As a result, winds should ease late Thursday night." At least four fatalities have been blamed on the storm, CNN reported. Officials confirmed the death of a truck driver in Aisne, France, when a tree fell on the cabin of the truck.on the far northwestern coast of France. Officially, a reading of 114 mph occurred nearby on the island of Ushant., a gust of 106 mph was reported, breaking the previous record of 101 mph from 1987.
Noteworthy because of its low central atmospheric pressure, the storm also shattered low-pressure records for the month of November in parts of the U.K., new records were established for the month in both England and Wales, with the English record having stood for more than 100 years, since 1916.While the cleanup from Storm Ciarán will just be beginning in the region late this week, another storm will be approaching from the Atlantic, warn AccuWeather meteorologists.
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