Photos: Storm Eleanor hits Ireland and Britain, barrels through Europe
Updated On Jan 04, 2018 09:55 AM IST
Storm Eleanor moves through western Europe, with winds of up to 100mph (160kmph) affecting the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and other nations. Thousands of homes have been left in its wake without power with sea and air transport links hit and one death reported in France.
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Waves crash against the seafront of Wimereux, northern France. Winter storm Eleanor swept into France, Belgium and the Netherlands on Wednesday after tearing through England and Northern Ireland, cutting power to tens of thousands of people and bringing a halt in airports and train services. (Francois Lo Presti / AFP)
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A car drives through a flooded car park in Galway, Ireland. Eleanor barrelled into continental Europe after whipping across England, Northern Ireland and Ireland, with the Thames Barrier, one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world, closed as a precautionary measure to protect London from swelling tides. (Brian Lawless / AP)
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Waves crash over the stone jetty wall in Aberystwyth in west Wales as Eleanor lashed Britain with winds of up to 160 kmph, leaving thousands of homes without power and hitting transport links on Wednesday. (Aaron Chown / AP)
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As Storm Eleanor batters parts of Britain and Ireland, people arrive for work in the financial district of London, Britain. (Simon Dawson / REUTERS)
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People watch large waves caused by the storm, hit a lighthouse in Britain. Extremely high tides caused the partial collapse of a harbour wall in Cornwall in southwestern England, bringing seawater in. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)
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Debris of a roof lies in a street in Stuttgart, Germany where the storm has been baptised Burglind, after the region was hit by a depression. (AFP)
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Big waves also lashed the lakeside promenade of Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of households at Lake Zurich were left without power and firefighters were called to help with toppled trees blocking streets and flooding due to heavy rains. (Laurent Gillieron / Keystone via AP)
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A kite surfer makes use of the wind caused by storm, Burglind in Dagebuell, Germany. Flights were disrupted at Frankfurt airport in Germany and at Zurich airport, as Swiss officials urged hikers to avoid forest walks. (Carsten Rehder / AP)
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A woman evades waves crashing against the seafront in Auderville, Normandy as storm Eleanor hits northern France. France’s national electricity provider said it left some 200,000 households without electricity across the country, including 30,000 in the Paris region. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)
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Waves break on the Brittany coast as Eleanor approaches Esquibien, France. The storm is now heading for the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, where meteorologists are warning of violent gusts that could reach 200 kilometres per hour. (Mal Langsdon / REUTERS)
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