One dead and dozens of flights and trains canceled due to bad weather in Spain

A woman died this Thursday in Madrid after she was hit by a falling tree due to bad weather, which also led to the cancellation of dozens of flights and train services in Spain, local authorities said.

According to emergency services in Samour, the death was a 23-year-old woman who was hit by a tree that fell on a pedestrian crossing on a street in the center of Madrid.

Bad weather, especially wind, has also caused the cancellation of dozens of flights and train services in central and northern Spain, as well as the closure of eight parks in Madrid.

Rail services on the Spanish Mediterranean coast are still disrupted.

The cause of the bad weather was the Ciarán storm, which hit several European countries.

In Spain, weather services warned of wind gusts exceeding 160 kilometers per hour, rain and nine-meter waves, especially in the north, in the regions of Galicia, the Basque Country and Cantabria, where the red warning level is even more severe.

The region of Galicia, bordering northern Portugal, has been the hardest hit in Spain, with authorities recording hundreds of incidents, mostly due to trees, poles, cables, soil and rocks falling onto roads and other traffic routes.

In France, the Ciarán Depression killed a truck driver, left 1.2 million homes without power and caused transport disruptions.

Transport Minister Clément Beaune urged the public to avoid traveling on roads, especially on the Atlantic coast, which is under a red and orange warning (the most severe) due to Storm Ciarão.

Trucks are prohibited from traveling within the Brittany region, and five regions in northwestern France canceled all regional trains today (Brittany, Normandy, Hautes-de-France, Center-Val del Loire and Loire Lands).

In France, ten percent of high-speed train (TGV) services were also suspended. In Paris commuter traffic, most of Line A (one of the busiest) is stopped.

Two airports in Brittany, Brest and Quimper, have been closed since Wednesday, while planes at others in northwestern France had to be diverted.

According to authorities, winds of about 200 km/h were recorded in Finistère, in Brittany (in the west), leading to power outages and falling trees.

In Portugal, the Civil Protection Service recorded 199 incidents related to bad weather in the northern and central regions between 00:00 and 07:00 today, most of which were tree falls, without casualties or serious damage.

In the areas of Braga, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real there are areas with damage to medium and low voltage electrical networks due to the effects of Hurricane Ciaran on mainland Portugal, a source told E-Redes.