PARIS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A violent and unexpected storm in Corsica battered the French Mediterranean island on Thursday, killing at least six people. Meteorologists predicted more bad weather to come.
Hail, heavy rain and winds peaking at 224 km per hour (140 mph) swept the island earlier in the day. Two of the victims were killed when trees fell in campsites.
“Storms formed at sea will affect large parts of the western Corsica coast throughout the night from Thursday to Friday,” Meteo France forecaster said.
The Telegraph reported “A British woman was among five people, including a teenage girl, killed in the violent storm in Corsica as the holiday hotspot was battered by hurricane-strength winds on Thursday. The tourist went missing while kayaking off Erbalunga, near Bastia on the west coast of Corsica. Authorities there took part in about 80 rescue operations during the freak winds. Two victims, including a teenage girl, were killed when trees fell in campsites, two were at sea and one died when a beach hut hit her car. Severe storms across Europe killed at least 12 people in total, including two children in Austria, but Corsica was the hardest hit.”
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