Nearly 4,000 households were left without electricity in north-western France in the regions of Brittany and Pays de la Loire due to flooding caused by Storm Herminia.
The departments of Morbihan, Atlantic Loire and Ile and Vilaine have imposed a red, the highest, weather danger level.
Rescue services are assisting local residents. They have evacuated about 600 people in the department of Ile and Vilaine since Sunday. No casualties have been reported.
The bad weather also led to disruptions in the work of railway transport. In particular, train speed restrictions and delays in the departure of trains were observed on Tuesday between the cities of Le Mans and Angers.
According to the mayor of the administrative centre of Brittany, the city of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré, about 15 thousand people were affected by the floods. To eliminate the consequences of the disaster, 1,300 specialists, including firefighters, police and military personnel were sent to the affected regions.
Europe is suffering from Herminia
Dangerous weather warnings have been issued in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, the UK and Ireland due to heavy rain winds and powerful waves. Hurricane-force winds in excess of 100 kilometres per hour have been recorded across almost all of Spain.
The autonomous region of Galicia was particularly affected. The victim of the elements became at least one person. Emergency services registered about 1,200 incidents. More than 13,000 families were left without electricity.
Meanwhile, in the south-west of the United Kingdom, more than 1,000 homes remain without power. In the counties of Devon Cornwall, the yellow weather danger level remains in place.
Last Friday, the Storm Eowyn hit the UK and Ireland, which broke the record for wind speed – on average it was almost 135 kilometres per hour. Hundreds of flights were cancelled at almost all major airports. More than 715,000 homes, farms and businesses were left without power across Ireland.
