Two storms slam northern Europe, cut power to 150,000 homes
Summary
Storms Boelo and Austen hit northern Europe within 24 hours, killing one person, injuring others and disrupting electricity, transport and phone networks. Authorities reported more than 150,000 homes without power in the United Kingdom, France and Germany on Sunday.Key Facts
- More than 82,000 homes in the United Kingdom, nearly 60,000 in France and at least 10,000 in Germany had no electricity on Sunday.
- A falling tree killed a 60-year-old man in southwestern Scotland and injured two women in central Scotland.
- Winds reached 135 km/h (84 mph) in parts of western Scotland, where fallen trees and power lines blocked roads and rail lines.
- French energy company Enedis said 288,000 homes lost power at the peak of storm Austen on Saturday; about 59,000 remained without power on Sunday.
- In Germany, the outage around Freiburg-Breisgau disrupted mobile phone service and led the town’s main hospital to limit care to emergencies.
- The storms injured people in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, including three crew members aboard a freight ship near the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog.
- Hundreds of flights across northern Europe were cancelled or diverted, including at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
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