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Storms Austen and Boelo battered northern Europe on or around 25 October 2026, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes and disrupting major transport and communications networks across several countries.

The storms forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, while ferry services were also cancelled or disrupted. Roads and rail lines were affected in several northern European countries, adding to the impact on people travelling by air, land and sea.

According to the South China Morning Post, power cuts affected more than 82,000 homes in Britain, nearly 60,000 in France and at least 10,000 in Germany. The country-level figures were reported as part of the wider regional outage total.

The South China Morning Post reported winds of up to 135 km/h in Argyll and Bute in western Scotland. It also reported that fallen trees and power cables blocked roads and rail lines in Scotland, illustrating how the storm damage affected essential transport routes.

Phone networks were silenced or disrupted in affected areas, according to reporting by the South China Morning Post and Phys.org. Euronews also reported that people were injured by falling trees, but the available reports do not specify how many people were hurt.

The supplied reports establish widespread disruption to electricity, transport and communications, but do not specify the precise geographic extent or duration of all outages. They also do not establish when every service was restored.

SOURCES

  1. South China Morning PostStorms batter northern Europe, hitting power supplies, flights and phones
  2. EuronewsStorms batter northern Europe, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes and disrupting road and air transport
  3. Phys.orgStorms batter Europe, hitting power supplies, flights and phones