Published 11:32 IST, February 17th 2020

Storm Dennis claims 1 life in UK, over 60,000 people suffer power cuts in France

Strong winds and heavy rains battered parts of Britain as Storm Dennis swept through the country, 60,000 homes in France are also suffering power cuts.

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Strong winds and heavy rains battered parts of Britain as Storm Dennis swept through country that picked up Saturday and lasted through Sunday. A man died after falling into a river on Sunday in South Wales, worst-hit region in United Kingdom. According to reports, man fell into River Tawe following which police launched a search operation. police later informed in a tweet that man was found de furr along river in Trebas area.

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Storm Dennis also affected rthwest region of France as approximately 60,000 people suffered power cuts and rails and traffic were also disrupted, media reports suggested. According to Britain's government wear ncy, a rare red warning was issued for south Wales saying that re is significant risk from flooding as fast-flowing water poses danger to life and extensive flooding could le to property dam and ro closures. As per reports, a record 594 flood warnings were issued on Saturday and Sunday, extending from rth of England to furr South. 

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According to reports, winds up to 90mph were recorded in Aberdaron in south Wales and defence ministry in country deployed army to handle situation. Storm Dennis is second storm to hit England in a week and has caused hundreds of flights across Europe to be cancelled. British Airways and easyJet confirmed y h grounded flights in United Kingdom due to storm. Earlier, foot surfaced online showed a massive A380 struggling to land on runway at London's Heathrow airport due to strong winds. 

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According to reports, last weekend Storm Ciara caused a similar situation as two of busiest airports in Europe, Frankfurt in Germany and Amsterdam in Nerlands, grounded more than 100 flights due to storm.

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11:32 IST, February 17th 2020