BORDEAUX: One person has died in southern France and thousands of homes were left without power on Friday after strong winds swept across Atlantic coastal regions, gusting at times to 140 km/h, officials said.
Grid operator Enedis said about 400,000 homes were left without electricity overnight, and 170,000 were still without service by Friday afternoon. Traffic was snarled as trees and other debris were strewn across roads in 14 departments which had been placed on alert for high winds and flooding on Thursday. France has 95 mainland departments and five overseas ones.This picture taken on Dec 13, 2019 in Bordeaux, southwestern France, shows the Garonne river's overflooded bank following strong winds and heavy rains.
Meteo France warned that the winds posed a heightened avalanche risk in the Alps over the next 24 hours, in particular in the popular skiing departments of Isere and Savoie.
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