Local trains were cancelled across a swathe of western France.
Winds up to 108mph have hit France’s Atlantic coast as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe.
Heavy rain associated with the storm pushed ashore at the south-west tip of England, and the UK’s national weather forecaster warned of flood risks and urged people to take precautions. Nearly all coastlines of the French mainland were under severe weather warnings on Thursday morning, from Calais on the English Channel to all the way down the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to Spain, as well as much of France’s Mediterranean coast and Corsica, according to national weather service Meteo-France.
Local trains were cancelled across a swathe of western France, and all roads in the Finistere region of Brittany were closed on Thursday morning.
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