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Storm wreaks havoc in Britain, France

Updated: 2013-12-24 18:32
( Agencies)

Storm wreaks havoc in Britain, France

A Chelsea pensioner waits amongst crowds who were delayed or had trains cancelled due to storms, at Waterloo Station in London December 24, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

LONDON/PARIS - Disrupted transport networks and power cuts wreaked havoc in Britain and France on Tuesday, one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year just before Christmas, after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain lashed the region.

Winds of up to 90 mph (145 kph) hit both sides of the Channel, killing at least three people, as heavy downpours caused rivers to flood, traffic bottlenecks, and rail, flight and ferry services to be cancelled.

Airports in the south of Britain were disrupted with some flights from Britain's busiest airport, Heathrow, cancelled or delayed, while the country's second busiest airport, Gatwick, said that one terminal had been hit by a major power outage.

British train operators also cancelled hundreds of services on Tuesday morning, by which time the storm had abated, leaving hundreds of thousands of people stranded and unable to travel in and out of London.

The weather is expected to be a blow for British retailers, eager to cash in on the traditional pre-Christmas rush.

"Given retailers' hopes that the last couple of days before Christmas would see a final strong surge in sales, the awful weather could not have come at a worse time," IHS analyst Howard Archer said.

Brittany and Normandy were among the regions worst hit in France, where 240,000 homes were deprived of electricity while in southern England, 100,000 homes were cut off from the power grid.

British police said one man, 48, drowned in the Rothay River near Ambleside, Cumbria, in northern England, after falling into the river trying to save his dog, which survived, while a woman's body was found in a river in North Wales.

In France, a teenager was killed and another seriously injured on Monday when a wall in a building site collapsed in Normandy. Naval authorities said a Russian sailor was reported missing after being blown overboard a cargo ship off the coast of Brest.

Energy network groups in both countries said engineers were working to address the damage before the Christmas festivities start.

A spokesman for France's SNCF national rail service said there were numerous delays but that no rail lines had been put out of service by the storms so far.

Britain's Environment Agency said flooding was expected to affect much of the country with 250 flood alerts, 80 flood warnings and one severe flood warning in place. Some towns in France's Brittany region faced severe flooding.

Further wet and stormy weather could hit Britain's shores on Friday, warned the country's weather forecasting service, causing more headaches for retailers during "the sales", the usually busy post-Christmas discounting period.

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