Strong winds and heavy rain battered parts of France on Friday, leaving 161,000 customers without electricity and disrupting rail services.
Power company Enedis reported the outages on Friday morning. National railway operator SNCF said it would suspend some services or impose speed restrictions because of the severe weather.
France’s weather service, Meteo-France, issued orange alerts across much of the northwest, warning that strong winds and thunderstorms could continue until late Friday.
The storm also caused local power outages, flooding and transport delays in northern Spain, local media reported. Train services were disrupted in northwestern Germany.
In southern England, authorities declared a “major incident” over concerns about potential threats to life, the BBC reported. Schools closed and trains were cancelled.
