{"id":31785,"date":"2017-01-13T10:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T10:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/icy-storm-lashes-france-and-germany-causing\/"},"modified":"2017-01-13T10:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T10:15:45","slug":"icy-storm-lashes-france-and-germany-causing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/icy-storm-lashes-france-and-germany-causing\/","title":{"rendered":"Icy storm lashes France and Germany causing hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services.}<\/p>\n<p>In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>In Dieppe, on the coast, winds reached 146km\/h (90.5mph).<\/p>\n<p>The storm, nicknamed &#8220;Egon&#8221;, later hit southern Germany &#8211; mainly Rhineland-Palatinate and northern Bavaria. Power cuts and traffic jams were widespread.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency teams were out in force during the night in France and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>A woman died in Saint-Jeannet, in south-eastern France, when a tree toppled over and crushed her. She had been getting her children ready for school, Le Parisien website reported (in French).<\/p>\n<p>In some parts of France schools and colleges have cancelled classes. In Soissons, north of Paris, the storm smashed a rose window in the historic cathedral and damaged the organ.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers have been warned of treacherous conditions on some German roads, because of snow and black ice. Three motorists died in crashes in Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, flood defences have been reinforced on Belgium&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p>The cold snap across Europe has claimed more than 65 lives. Poland and much of south-eastern Europe, including Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and western Turkey, are in the grip of heavy snow and freezing cold.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of migrants in the Balkans are poorly protected against the icy conditions, as many are still in tents and have little heating.<\/p>\n<p>The UN refugee agency UNHCR said several migrants had died from cold and exhaustion in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>It urged Greece to move more quickly to transfer migrants to better facilities on the mainland, following a report that on the island of Samos at least 1,000 people were sheltering in unheated buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The wind and snow in Germany forced Lufthansa to cancel 125 flights at Frankfurt\/Main airport.<\/p>\n<p>German rail operator Deutsche Bahn also set a 200km\/h speed limit on high-speed ICE trains, which caused some travel delays.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17587 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_93552526_eursnowlionsurmerafp12jan.jpg\" alt=\"Lion-sur-Mer, northern France: The storm battered the Normandy coast \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services.} In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris. In Dieppe, on the coast, winds reached 146km\/h (90.5mph). 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