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France receives the most devastating storm ever

Posted by ravitejag On January - 25 - 2009

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fThis Saturday France has encountered one of the worst storms since the devastating storm in 1988, which claimed over 80 lives.

The Atlantic depression which was observed a couple of days ago have intensified while passing through the warm waters western Atlantic and landed in the North West part of France.

It was in the early hours that the storm has landed in the city of Nantes, with winds flowing at 172 km/h.
Slowly the storm progressed into deep France where most of the cities have been shook by the fierce winds and heavy rains.

Many trees have been uprooted by the heavy winds which are blowing away the peace of the country. As a result most of the places around that region are out of power and are having problems with navigation and communication.
The course of the storm is detected south and is expected to die down in the due course.

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