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France, Spain Battle Deadly Storms

January 26, 2009 at 9:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

Deadly 100-mph winds wrecked havoc across Spain and southwestern France this weekend, as the region's strongest winter storm in a decade killed at least 16 people and left both countries struggling to clean up and repair infrastructure.

The storm reached its peak Saturday evening, when thousands of residents in both countries lost power, the Spanish army battled a spreading forest fire in the Valencia region, and at least five people died in three separate avalanches in the French Alps.

The hurricane-strength storm also caused travel nightmares in both countries, closing the airports in Bourdaux and Toulouse, cancelling flights out of Bilbao and shutting down train service between France and Spain.

The storm died down by Sunday evening, with travel returning to normal and both countries focused on recovery efforts.

· Killer Storm Strikes Spain, France; 12 Reported Dead [Bloomberg]
· France and Spain pick up pieces after deadly storm [Reuters]
· Travel storms coverage [Jaunted]

Photo: [Nicholas DARQUE]

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