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The roof of an apartment building hangs to the side of the house after the heavy storm Xynthia passed through Mainz, western Germany. J.J. Watt Youth Jersey . Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe on Sunday, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.[PhotoAgencies] PARIS: A violent late winter storm with fierce rain and hurricane-strength winds ripped across western Europe on Sunday, battering France and four other countries, leaving at least 51 people dead. The storm, named Xynthia, was the worst in France since 1999 when 90 people died. Prime Minister Francois Fillon held an emergency cabinet meeting and afterward called the storm a national catastrophe. Many of the at least 45 victims in France drowned, while others died when hit by parts of buildings or trees and branches that were ripped off by the wind. At least a dozen people were missing Sunday and 59 others were injured. Three people died in Spain, one was killed in Germany and a child was crushed to death in Portugal. The storm also hit Belgium, with one death reported there. Although Britain was not hit, Londons Thames Barrier — the capitals flood defense — was closed Sunday morning as a precaution. Related readings: Powerful storm kills at least 13 in France, Spain Snow storm hits NE China, traffic disrupted Troops storm rebel base of Al-Qaida in N. Waziristan Winter storm sweeps across China Nearly 900,000 people in France were without electricity. Rivers overflowed their banks in Brittany, while high tides and enormous waves swamped Atlantic Ocean communities in the early morning hours. Sea walls broke in the town of LAguillon, where the ocean waters reached the roofs of some homes. Helicopters lifted people to safety throughout the day. A retired couple who had parked their camping car on the waterfront in the town Moutier-en-Retz died when the vehicle was swallowed by rushing waters and they could not make it to firm ground. The threat of avalanches was high in the Pyrenees Mountains and the southern Alps due to wind and wet snow. Roofs were ripped off, chimneys collapsed and the wind shattered the windows at a brewery in eastern France. In Paris, winds knocked over motorcycles and spewed garbage around the streets of the capital. Flights were delayed and at least 100 were canceled at the two main Paris airports. A number of trains throughout France were delayed because of flooded tracks. Winds reached about 130 mph (200 kph) on the summits of the Pyrenees and up to nearly 100 mph (160 kph) along the Atlantic Coast. The storm hit the Vendee and Charente-Maritime regions in southwestern France hardest, flooding coastal islands and tossing boats around in ports. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux planned to visit the worst hit regions Monday. The finance minister announced an easing of taxes for those affected for 2010. The storm was moving eastward and parts of France along the border with Germany and Belgium were on alert for heavy rain and high winds. Officials say scores of flights and trains have been canceled or delayed in southwestern Germany. One person was killed in the Black Forest area when winds brought a tree down onto his car in the Sunday afternoon storm. Fallen trees also closed many stretches of train tracks in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland. High winds caused the cancellation of 119 flights from Frankfurt airport while scores of others were delayed or diverted. Xynthia hit Belgium in mid-afternoon. One man was killed by a falling tree in his garden in Jodoigne, southern Belgium, broadcaster VRT reported. High winds also brought down some electricity lines, leaving many without power in the south of the country. In Spain, the interior minister said three people were killed by hurricane-strength winds and heavy rainfall that lashed the countrys northern regions over the weekend. Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the storm had been intense in certain regions and had caused the deaths of a woman in northwestern Ourense and of two people whose car was hit by a falling tree in Arlanzon just north of Madrid. The national weather agency had warned that a violent cyclone depression had formed over the Atlantic Ocean and was to cross areas bordering the Bay of Biscay. Winds gusting up to 118 mph (190 kph) had blown over the Canary Islands overnight Friday causing a crane to collapse on a building, lampposts to fall onto parked cars and forcing flight cancellations. Portugals home affairs minister Rui Pereira said a child had been killed Saturday by a falling tree in Paredes. 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[Agencies] Various diarrheal diseases, which may in some cases be cholera - - and dysentery present the illnesses of greatest concern, stated UNICEF in a press release. Hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever pose another significant risk. Related readings: UN to hold special meeting on Pakistans floods UN chief: Never seen anything like Pakistan floods UN chief flies in to Pakistan as crisis worsens China offers new aid to flood-hit Pakistan 1,294 dead in Pakistans worst floods: official Meanwhile, stagnating water provides breeding ground for mosquitoes -- further increasing the threat of insect-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue. Mike Wallace Youth Jersey. According to UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing a contingency plan to assist the Pakistani government to prevent major outbreaks of infectious diseases. As the worst-case scenario, the WHO projects that up to 1.5 million cases of diarrheal diseases (including up to 140,000 of cholera), 150,000 cases of measles, 350,000 cases of acute respiratory infections, and up to 100,000 cases of malaria can occur over the next three months. UNICEF said it plans to provide clean water to six million people in Pakistans flood-stricken area. The head of water, sanitation and hygiene for UNICEF in Islamabad, Omar El-Hattab, said assistance has been reaching one million people per day. But more funds are urgently required in order to reach all those in need, he added. ' ' ' |
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