Two storms slam northern Europe, cut power to 150,000 homes

Storms Boelo and Austen kill a man in Scotland and cut electricity to homes in the UK, France and Germany.

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Storms Boelo and Austen kill a man in Scotland and cut power to thousands of homes in the UK, France and Germany.

Waves whipped up by Storm Austen crash over Newhaven Lighthouse and the breakwater in Newhaven, England, on October 23, 2026 [Glyn Kirk/AFP]

A pair of storms battering northern Europe have killed one man, cut power to more than 150,000 homes, and disrupted flights and phone networks.

More than 82,000 homes in the United Kingdom, nearly 60,000 in France, and at least 10,000 in Germany had no electricity on Sunday after storms Boelo and Austen passed through the region within 24 hours, according to authorities in the countries.

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A falling tree killed a man, 60, in southwestern Scotland on Sunday, while another falling tree injured two women in central Scotland, the Press Association reported.

Winds of up to 135 km/h (84 mph) were recorded in the Argyll and Bute regions of western Scotland. Trees and power cables brought down by the storm blocked roads and rail lines across Scotland and northern England.

In Brighton, on England’s southern coast, Austen blew away an unused pier on Friday.

Authorities have warned of flood risk in regions of both Scotland and England.

The Met Office, the UK’s national forecaster, warned that Boelo would bring a danger to life from flying debris and crashing waves and said people should stay indoors as much as possible.

From France to Germany

Across the English Channel, Europe battled its first big storm of the autumn, with strong winds inflicting widespread power cuts.

French energy company Enedis said that at Austen’s peak on Saturday, some 288,000 homes had no electricity. Some 59,000 remained without power at midday Sunday, mainly in Normandy and Brittany.

A marathon runner in the midst of a race in northern France was lightly injured by a tree knocked over in strong winds.

In Germany, Austen cut power to 10,000 homes in and around the southwestern town of Freiburg-Breisgau on Sunday. The town’s main hospital said it had to limit service to emergency cases because of the blackout, which also cut the mobile phone network.

German police said two people were seriously hurt on Saturday by scaffolding blown away by Austen’s strong winds at a market in the town of Nastatten.

The storms also hit the Netherlands and Belgium, where falling trees injured four people in Brussels on Saturday.

In the Netherlands, north of the island of Schiermonnikoog, three crew members on board a freight ship were injured in the storms, according to the country’s coastguard. Two of them were winched off and taken by helicopter to a hospital on the mainland.

The storms caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled or diverted across northern Europe, including at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, one of the continent’s busiest hubs.

Experts have warned of more extreme weather events due to climate change.

风暴博埃洛和奥斯汀在苏格兰造成一名男子死亡，并导致英国、法国和德国数千户家庭断电。

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两场风暴袭击北欧，造成一人死亡，超过 15 万户家庭断电，航班和电话网络中断。

据各国当局称，周日，风暴“博埃洛”和“奥斯汀”在 24 小时内席卷该地区，导致英国超过 82,000 户家庭、法国近 60,000 户家庭以及德国至少 10,000 户家庭断电。

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据英国新闻协会报道，周日，苏格兰西南部一棵倒下的树砸死了一名60岁的男子；而在苏格兰中部，另一棵倒下的树又砸伤了两名妇女。

苏格兰西部阿盖尔-比特地区记录到高达135公里/小时（84英里/小时）的风速。风暴吹倒的树木和电缆阻断了苏格兰和英格兰北部的道路和铁路。

周五，在英格兰南部海岸的布莱顿，奥斯汀吹走了一座废弃的码头。

当局已发出警告，苏格兰和英格兰部分地区存在洪水风险。