Europe Storms Update: Coastlines Clean Up and Prepare for Another Storm

By: By Sean Breslin

Published: February 6,2014

 

 

 

Western Europe is picking up damage left behind by a series of storms that have lashed coastlines over the last week, and conditions aren't going to improve yet.
"The latest in a series of potent storms will blast into western Europe late Friday into Saturday," said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. "Rain and gusty winds will extend from Ireland and the United Kingdom to France and Spain."
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A Spanish cargo ship was snapped in half off southwestern coast of France Wednesday, according to a Stuff New Zealand report. A military helicopter was sent in to evacuate the crew aboard the approximately 300-foot-long Luno.
In England, a BBC report stated a key railway line was damaged that connects Dowlish, Devon to Cornwall in extreme southwestern England. The sea wall was knocked out by massive waves, leaving the tracks dangling in mid-air.
Approximately 25,000 people were without power Tuesday night in the French region of Brittany, according to a New Zealand Herald story.
Along the northern coast of Spain, several injuries have been reported from either high surf or wind-blown objects, EuroNews.com reports.

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High water levels show as the river Arun flows under a bridge on Feb. 2, 2014 in Pulborough, England. Flood warnings have been issued to some areas in southern England as heavy rain is forecast. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)