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Atlantic storm "Xinthia" flogs Europe

Paris , France - More than 50 deaths, hundred of flights cancelled in the most important airports

The Atlantic storm "Xinthia" started from south-western Europe flogged France, and later Holland and Germany. Deaths are more than 50, air transportation and not only, have been seriously stricken. Very violent blasts of wind, bluster sea, torrential rains caused flood and deluge, roofs and trees falldown and dams break. About a million of houses left without electricity. The most stricken areas...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1115042
Rome, Italy, 03/01/2010 19:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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