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Weather warning issued as coast braces for storm

Violent winds and massive waves are battering the Britanny coast and expected to hit the west of France over the next 24 hours. Eleven French departments have been put on orange alert.

Published: 15 December 2011 10:35 CET
Updated: 15 December 2011 12:19 CET

Meteo France says it is expecting the first big winter storm with very strong winds this week, AFP reports. The French weather forecaster is expecting winds to reach 120 to 130km/hour on the coastline.

The Channel coast is already seeing massive waves, expected to reach heights of six to seven metres on Thursday. Three departments, Côtes d’Armor, Finistère and Morbihan, were already on orange alert on Wednesday, but the warning was extended to eight other departments.

There are fears the storm could be as violent as the Xinthia storm in 2010, which killed 29 people in the sea resort of Faute-sur-mer in the western department of Vendée.

Meteo France warns that residents should look out for falling trees and flying objects. Local fishermen have also been banned from going out to sea.

In the northern Pas-de-Calais department, Meteo France warns of possible flooding if the heavy rain causes the already swollen river Lys-Amont to overflow.

On Monday, one person died in the port of Hendaye in the Pyrenees, after being sucked out to sea by waves battering the coast.

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WEATHER

Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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