Rainstorm leaves N. Europe in blackout, 7 killed
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A violent rainstorm swept across Denmark, south Sweden and Norway on Saturday afternoon, causing seven deaths and over 200,000 families in blackout.
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One woman died and several hundreds were evacuated in France following storms and flash floods in the country&#39;s south-west, officials said Saturday.
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DENVER, Feb. 24 -- A large, fast-moving snowstorm that closed sections of major highways in the Plains on Saturday was blamed for seven traffic deaths, while strong winds in Arkansas cut a five-mile-long swath of damage, destroying buildings and leaving several people injured.
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Bordeaux, France - Seven people were killed and 40 injured in a pileup involving a Spanish coach and 10 cars early on Sunday. The accident took place on the Bayonne-Bordeaux highway in southwest France, the Gironde prefect&#39;s office said.
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Heavy flooding in Somalia killed at least seven people overnight, bringing the death toll to 80 from three weeks of torrential rains, witnesses and aid workers have said.
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Five people were killed, more than 1,000 homes were flooded and almost 200,000 others left without power as violent storms swept through northern Europe, bringing hurricane force winds and violent rain.
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Thousands of people in southwest  England had electricity and water supplies cut on Monday after  torrential rain deluged whole towns with water in some of the  worst flooding for more than 50 years.
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The persistent rain at the French Open stopped only long enough for seven more players to complete their first-round victories.
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Four people died and four were still missing Wednesday, the day after the heaviest rains in 30 years hit Slovenia&#39;s northwest, causing flooding and mudslides, state radio said.
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Extreme weather hit Europe Saturday as the death toll from a heat wave in Romania, Austria and Bulgaria rose to 18 and hundreds faced another night of misery in flood-drenched England.
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An accident involving a bus and a van on a main highway in south-west France killed at least seven people early today. The accident, which happened south of Bordeaux near the border with Spain, also injured at least 30 people, France-Info radio said.
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Winter storms and avalanches across Europe killed at least six people and left three missing, and authorities in Bulgaria declared a state of emergency Friday.
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Floods have killed at least seven people, including five children, as the fourth week of heavy rains pounded Somalia, bringing the death toll to at least 96.
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Torrential downpours around Britain left one dead and hundreds stranded on Monday as storms continued to batter Russia and a heatwave in southern Europe led to further deaths and sparked fires.
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A powerful storm packing hurricane-force winds lashed northern France on Friday, killing at least six people &#151; some crushed by falling trees &#151; and forcing officials to close the Eiffel Tower and the famed Paris parks.
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Heavy snowfall has caused traffic chaos across central Europe, closing airports and blocking major roads.
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A searing heatwave has killed at least 40 people across southern Europe while in Britain torrential rain has killed three people and forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam.