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In Ota-Porto, in the south of the French island of Corsica, storm Ciaran leaves a trail of destruction in its wake, with the historic flooding of the river that runs beneath the village, stranded boats and cars and flooded homes and businesses. IMAGES
As cyclone Belal hits French island Reunion, broken tree branches litter the ground and residents hunker down in their homes under a strict lockdown in the town of Saint Gilles-les-Hauts. Belal isn't as intense of a storm as originally forecast and cyclone alert was downgraded from purple, its highest level, to red at 1pm local time to allow emergency services to intervene and assess the damage. IMAGES
The ocean is choppy, and gusts of wind blow through palm trees in Saint-Leu, as cyclone Belal hits France's island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean this morning. The eye of the storm passed over the island, avoiding causing any major damages according to French national weather service Meteo-France. Alert level has been lowered from purple to red. IMAGES
The French island of Reunion in the South Indian Ocean is going back to red alert level to enable rescue teams to intervene and assess the damage caused by cyclone Belal, announces local State representative Jerome Filippini. Cyclone Belal has battered the island this morning with wind gusts in excess of 165km/h recorded. SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne boards a boat to visit a river checkpoint and the remote village of Opoya-Taluen in French Guiana, as part of a New Year visit to highlight the French authorities' fight against illegal mining in this overseas territory. IMAGES
Images of the northern French village of Longvilliers, in the Pas-de-Calais region, as the storm finally calms down on Friday evening, with the alert level lowered to orange, giving exhausted residents some respite. IMAGES
Aerial shots of the flooded village of Sotirio, near Larissa, Greece, in the aftermath of Storm Elias, a new storm that hit the country just weeks after floods left 17 dead. IMAGES
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