Hundreds of thousands without power as Storm Goretti pummels Europe
Forecasters from Britain to Germany urged people to stay inside as they issued weather warnings, including the rare, highest-level red wind alert for the British Isles of Scilly and Cornwall in southwestern England.
In France, some 380,000 households lost power, the vast majority in the northern Normandy region, the Enedis power provider said, while the BBC said some 65,000 households lost electricity in Britain.
Overnight, wind gusts of 216 and 213 kilometres per hour (134 miles, 132 miles ) were...