Travel disrupted and schools shut as hurricane-force winds pound northern Europe

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Hurricane-force winds and heavy rain have battered northern Europe as the continent felt the impact of Storm Ciara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The weather brought travel disruption to a number of countries&comma; with Lufthansa in Germany saying flight cancellations and delays would run until at least Tuesday morning&period; The airline planned to keep operating long-haul flights at its main Frankfurt hub&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eurowings&comma; a budget subsidiary of Lufthansa&comma; cancelled most flights for the duration of the storm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brussels Airport also saw delays or cancellations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two huge ports on either side of the English Channel&comma; Dover in England and Calais in France&comma; shut down operations amid high waves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fierce winds knocked out electricity in northern France&period; Paris authorities sent out a warning to residents and tourists alike to stay indoors for their own safety&period; Parks and cemeteries in the city of Lille and nearby towns shut down amid the strong winds and open-air markets closed early&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Luxembourg and the German city of Cologne announced that all school children could stay home on Monday to avoid travelling under dangerous conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Germany&comma; where the storm was known as Sabine&comma; national railway operator Deutsche Bahn cancelled long-distance trains to destinations most at risk&comma; including Emden and Norddeich in the north-western corner&comma; the northern city of Kiel and the North Sea island of Sylt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have learned from previous storms that it’s better not to have trains travel into critical regions in the first place&comma;” said Deutsche Bahn spokesman Achim Stauss&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What we want to avoid is trains getting stuck between stations&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Teams of railway employees fanned out with chainsaws to remove any fallen trees blocking the tracks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Denmark&comma; flights were cancelled out of Copenhagen&period; Danish authorities warned motorists not to cross large bridges&comma; including the Great Belt Bridge that links eastern and western parts of Denmark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11f273404">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11f273404'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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