Europe Floods, Winter Storms Leave Damage Behind; Third System Knocks Down a Key Railway
Source: weather.com
By Sean Breslin Published: Feb 5, 2014, 3:00 PM EST
While the remnants of Winter Storm Leon brought flooding to the United Kingdom and other areas in northern Europe over the weekend, a winter storm from a separate system slammed the southern portion of the continent with heavy snowfall and power outages.
Now, a third storm system has lashed the U.K., and Europe won't see improving conditions any time soon.
"In southeast Europe, low pressure in the upper atmosphere over the Mediterranean has been a persistent fixture due to a blocking area of high pressure in eastern Europe," said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. "This type of pattern can lead to excessive rainfall and heavy mountain snow. Tuesday into Wednesday, another significant storm system will blast into western Europe with rain and gusty winds impacting locations from Ireland and U.K to France and Spain."
A BBC report stated a key railway line was damaged that connects Dowlish, Devon to Cornwall in extreme southwestern England. The sea wall was knocked out by heavy surf and the railway is now dangling in mid-air.
France has seen huge waves along the coast, as well as widespread flooding on land, reports the Daily Mail. Additionally, the Danube River was closed to river traffic due to the strong winds.
Those large swells have attracted surfers from around the world to ride the waves along the west coast of France, CNN reports. Large waves have also attracted some of the best surfers to the west coast of Ireland, and though officials have warned against getting in the water, some surfers have been spotted in British waters as well.
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