Dead and wounded by storm in France

paris - In the violent storm that rages across Europe, a dead and fifteen wounded were killed in France on Wednesday. A woman who was skiing in Haute-Savoie was struck by a tree that fell over and died, French media reported.

The gusts of the storm named Eleanor are so far responsible for fifteen wounded, four of whom have been seriously injured.

The storm is moving to the east where the most problems are. A number of ski resorts have been temporarily closed due to the power failure. In the Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comté, around 140,000 households are still without electricity on Wednesday afternoon. Around 225,000 households throughout France. In the north, the biggest problems are with Cambrai and Maubeuge, not far from the Belgian border.