"Three people died in weather-related accidents in France and Spain when storm Nils tore through the region, officials said on Friday. Strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday caused flight, train, and ferry cancellations, creating chaos on the roads in southern France, northern Spain, and parts of Portugal. French forecasters said that the storm was "unusually strong." The storm uprooted trees, flooded roads, and left thousands without power. In Portugal, a viaduct partially collapsed due to flooding."
"One person was reported dead in Spain and two in France. In Spain, a woman died when the roof of an industrial warehouse collapsed on her. Dozens more people were hurt in weather-related accidents. On Friday, French officials confirmed that a man had died after falling from a ladder in his garden. The day before, a truck driver was killed when a tree smashed through his windshield."
""Enedis has restored service to 50 percent of the 900,000 customers who were without electricity," the company wrote around 6:00 a.m. (0500 UTC/GMT). "Flooding complicates repairs because the fields are waterlogged and some roads are blocked," Enedis crisis director Herve Champenois told reporters on Thursday. Local authorities in Barcelona reported wind gusts of up to 100 km/h. The strong winds resulted in fallen trees, displaced urban furniture, and toppled motorcycles"
Storm Nils produced strong winds and heavy rain that caused flight, train, and ferry cancellations as well as road chaos in southern France, northern Spain, and parts of Portugal. The storm uprooted trees, flooded roads, toppled vehicles, and partially collapsed a viaduct in Portugal. Three people died in weather-related accidents: one in Spain after a warehouse roof collapsed and two in France from separate incidents. Dozens sustained injuries. Enedis reported about 450,000 homes without power after restoration efforts reduced outages by half, while flooding and blocked roads continue to complicate repairs.
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