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Added on the 29/01/2019 18:54:15 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A tractor clears uprooted trees in Saint-Lormel on France's Brittany coast, after Storm Ciaran battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km per hour. Three French departments -- Finistere, Cotes-d'Armor and Manche -- were placed on red storm alert, the highest level, at midnight. IMAGES
Police block access to the dykes in the coastal town of Wimereux, in France's northern Pas-de-Calais region, where storm Eunice is expected to arrive in France. IMAGES
New York, Aug 22 (EFE).- Tropical Storm Henri made landfall at 12:15 am Sunday near the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, packing maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, and bringing flooding, wind damage, power outages and flight cancellations across much of New England.Winds, storm surge and heavy rain are the main effects of Henri, which - although it weakened from a hurricane back to a tropical storm on Saturday night - is battering the coast of New York state and southern New England.(Camera: CJ GUNTHER)SHOT LIST: THE EFFECTS OF STORM HENRI IN WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES.
As France experiences an early summer heat wave, beach-goers bask in the sun at Cap Ferret, in the Gironde region. The rise in temperature, due to a mass of hot air coming from Africa, is the first real heat peak since the arrival of coronavirus in Europe. IMAGES