LONDON: Ireland, Britain and France faced travel chaos on Saturday and one individual died as a winter storm battered northwest Europe with strong winds, heavy rain, snow and ice. Hampshire Police in southern England stated a man died after a tree fell onto a vehicle on a chief street near Winchester early inside the day. Police in West Yorkshire stated they were probing whether a 2nd loss of life from a visitors twist of fate turned into linked to the hurricane. It is understood the road turned into now not icy at the time of the incident. Storm Bert left at least 60,000 properties in Ireland with out strength, and closed roads and a few ferry and train routes on both sides of the Irish Sea. Channel ports and airports in Britain were badly affected even as in France, tens of heaps remained with out electricity after Storm Caetano on Thursday. Hundreds of passengers had been stranded while trains have been halted with the aid of electricity cuts. Media pictures confirmed flooding in the west of Ireland, which also prompted rail closures in Northern Ireland. Snow impacted tour across Britain. The heaviest snow hit Scotland and parts of northern and central England, with dozens of flood alerts in region.
