March 28, 2024

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Victims on the French island of Corsica due to strong winds

At least one death and another seriously injured is the initial balance of the storm hitting the French island of Corsica today, with winds of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

Corsica, located in the southernmost of France’s 13 metropolitan regions, was placed this morning by the agency Météo France on an orange alert, the second highest, due to bad weather that began to affect the whole country since Tuesday.

According to press reports, at the Marignana station, which is located about 30 kilometers from Sagone, wind speeds of up to 224 kilometers per hour were measured today.

Yesterday, 13 provinces in northern and southern France were under watch, with severe spells in Saint-Étienne, where hailstorms turned the land white in midsummer, and Lyon and Marseille, a port city where they built up in just 24 hours. That is the equivalent of several months of precipitation.

Yesterday’s storms left injured, at least two critically, in Korez, forced evacuations and road closures in some areas, in the events following the fourth heat wave of the season.

Experts warn that as a result of climate change, extreme events will become more frequent and intense in Europe.

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