Storm Eunice leaves at least 13 dead and thousands of houses without electricity in northern Europe

Storm

continues to sweep across northwestern

on Saturday morning with strong gusts still expected off German coasts, and has already left at least

and extensive material damage, as well as

.

Formed in

, the storm passed over parts of

on Friday , then northern

and the

before continuing on to

and

, where the northern third has been on

until Saturday morning .

.

"There is a risk of gusts of violent storm force (level 3 of 4) with maximum gusts of 100-115 km/h," the German meteorological services have warned, warning of the risk of uprooted trees, falling branches or damage to buildings. rooftops.

"Stay away from buildings, trees, scaffolding and power lines," they have recommended, "if possible, avoid being outdoors."

This storm has left a spectacle of desolation in its wake and has caused a great deal of disruption.

Hundreds of flights, trains and ferries have been canceled in northwest Europe as extreme winds from

swept across the territory less than 48 hours after

left at least six people dead in

and

.

So far, 13 deaths from

have been recorded : two in

and

, four in

, three in

, one in

and one in

.

Many of these deaths are due to trees falling on vehicles.

The biggest storm of the last 30 years in the UK

Storm

, the biggest storm in more than 30 years in the United Kingdom, has forced a "red alert" to be decreed in the south of the country.

Hurricane winds of up to 122 miles per hour on the Isle of Wight (

) set a record high and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and forced the temporary suspension of "ferries" in the English Channel and of trains in the south of England.

A man killed by a falling tree in County Wexford, Ireland, has been the first reported victim of Eunice passing through the UK.

In the UK,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson convened a Cobra emergency cabinet and

, while millions of Britons were told to stay home and avoid "life-threatening" situations.

The Met Office warned that Eunice could have an effect as devastating as the Great Storm of 1987 that claimed 18 lives.

-The mayor of London,

, asked the population not to leave their homes in the face of extreme winds

According to the Met Office, clean-up operations are expected to be disrupted by a new, albeit less strong, gale expected in certain parts of

.

At least 400,000 homes remain without electricity this Saturday morning in the country.

Dozens of evacuees in the Netherlands

In the

, in the capital

, dozens of houses have been evacuated for fear of a church bell tower collapsing.

The Dutch railway network has been interrupted and the high-speed lines between

and

have been interrupted.

Service is expected to resume in the afternoon, according to a spokesman.

194,000 homes remain without electricity in

, according to local authorities, and several rail links are suspended.

75,000 households without electricity in France

In the north of

, around thirty people have been injured in wind-related traffic accidents, due to falls or landslides.

About 75,000 homes remain without power on Saturday morning and some regional rail links remain disrupted.

Strong gusts of wind coupled with high tides are raising fears of flooding, especially as heavy rain is expected on Saturday.

Ferry traffic across the

remains disrupted, and hundreds of flights have been canceled since Friday, with road and rail transport affected.

Waves of more than nine meters have been recorded in

, as well as gusts of wind that locally reached 176 km/h at

, in the north of the country.

Doubtful implication of climate change

While climate change generally reinforces and multiplies extreme events, it is not so clear cut for winds and storms (excluding cyclones), the number of which varies greatly from year to year.

climate experts

(

) released in August estimates, with a very low degree of certainty, that there may have been an increase in the number of storms in the Northern Hemisphere since the 1980s.

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