Storm Ciarán whips Western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

About 1.2 million French households are without power as winds of more than 118 mph batter the Atlantic coast of the country.

A truck driver was killed when his vehicle was hit by a tree in northern France's inland Aisne region, Transport Minister Clement Beaune said. Another person has been badly injured at a university in the northern city of Roubaix, and 15 other people were hurt around western and northern France, authorities announced. Seven of the injured were emergency workers.

The wind reached up to around 160 kph on the Normandy coast and up to around 150 kph inland. Fishing crews put their livelihoods on hold and stayed ashore. Local authorities closed forests, parks and beachfronts in some regions. Thousands were also without power in the United Kingdom. Sharp gusts blew roofs off buildings and toppled trees. Some had to evacuate their homes and seek refuge in hotels as Ciarán pummeled the south of England.

“The storm itself is off the East Anglian Coast, it's just gone into the southern North Sea, and ... it's starting to lose the energy it had when it first arrived,” he said. “Flooding of low-lying coastal roads is also possible and people must avoid driving through flood water, as just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car,” said the agency’s flood duty manager, Ben Lukey.

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