A boat runs aground in the Côtes-d'Armor during the Franklin storm

Storm Franklin got the better of a small fishing boat in Port-Blanc, a village in Côtes-d'Armor attached to the town of Penvénan.

The boat ran aground on Monday, February 20 due to strong winds that swept the Breton coast during the night,

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The boat unhooked and eventually crashed into the rocks.

Penvenan.

Storm: A fishing boat stranded in Port-Blanc https://t.co/b8U1G84cMK

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A couple drowned in the English Channel

Brittany was hit hard by the storm.

The winds reached 120 km / h in northern Finistère.

“The maximum waves reached up to 13 meters at the Pierres Noires buoy as well as at Bréhat,” said Météo Bretagne, quoted

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In La Manche, a couple in their 70s drowned this Sunday evening.

Their car was swept away by a wave while they were driving on a submersible road and they had just alerted the emergency services.

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