Violent storms have killed atleast 50 people across Europe causing severe chaos. Casualties have been reported in France followed by Spain, Germnany, and Portugal where winds are travelling at speeds of 150 kilometres an hour.
France and Spain suffered severe flooding, while UK is also on flood alert and authorities in Denmark are on standby as the storm continues to track north.
A survivor described how she swam out of her house via her bathroom. She then climbed on to concrete pillars where she and her husband spent the night lying flat so as to reduce the impact of the high winds.They waited there until they were finally rescued in the morning.
A woman looks anxiously across a flooded road to a dormer window from where her parents wave at her, patiently waiting to be rescued.“They have been stuck in their attic since four this morning,” she says. “They still haven’t been rescued and I heard the tide might rise again. I’m very worried. They have no electricity and they’re in their seventies.”
The extent of the damage is pushing rescue services to the limit. Firemen patrol by boat, marking the houses they have checked for survivors or victims with “vu”, the French word for “seen”.
The government has labelled the area a “natural catastrophe” – half a million people are without electricity and infrastructure has been badly hit.
France and Spain suffered severe flooding, while UK is also on flood alert and authorities in Denmark are on standby as the storm continues to track north.
A survivor described how she swam out of her house via her bathroom. She then climbed on to concrete pillars where she and her husband spent the night lying flat so as to reduce the impact of the high winds.They waited there until they were finally rescued in the morning.
A woman looks anxiously across a flooded road to a dormer window from where her parents wave at her, patiently waiting to be rescued.“They have been stuck in their attic since four this morning,” she says. “They still haven’t been rescued and I heard the tide might rise again. I’m very worried. They have no electricity and they’re in their seventies.”
The extent of the damage is pushing rescue services to the limit. Firemen patrol by boat, marking the houses they have checked for survivors or victims with “vu”, the French word for “seen”.
The government has labelled the area a “natural catastrophe” – half a million people are without electricity and infrastructure has been badly hit.
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