{"id":811280,"date":"2026-10-23T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811280\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:10:16","slug":"storm-austen-live-yellow-wind-warning-for-millions-in-uk-as-thousands-lose-power-in-south-west-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811280\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Austen live: Yellow wind warning for millions in UK as thousands lose power in South West England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Storm hits north and west France, leaving homes without powerpublished at 10:09 BST<\/p>\n<p>10:09 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/81500cd4-9de7-4b6a-8273-25c9f18c0d5c.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Paul Kirby<br \/>Europe digital editor<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man cuts branches from a fallen tree in Plomeur, western France, on October 23, 2026 as Storm Austen hits the coasts of France\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/e048e4d6-5245-43cb-998f-65e579a975ab.jpg.webp\"  width=\"978\" height=\"550\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, AFPImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Winds of up to 140kmh (87mph) are forecast in coastal areas of France<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Coastal areas of Brittany and Normandy have been hit hardest in France, but Storm Austen has caused widespread disruption inland too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This morning 161,000 homes were without power, according to energy provider Enedis, most of them in Brittany. Residents in the Finist\u00e8re area have seen severe damage to roofs and trees blocking roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot has warned of severe transport problems in Normandy and Brittany, as well as further inland in the Hauts-de-France and \u00cele-de-France regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A number of flights have been cancelled at Nantes airport in the north west, while the iconic Pont de Normandie over the River Seine, linking Le Havre to Normandy, is one of several bridges that have been closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France has declared an orange alert in 23 of the 96 departments in mainland France, with gusts of up to 130\/140kmh (80-87mph) on the coast and 110-110kmh inland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Storm hits north and west France, leaving homes without powerpublished at 10:09 BST 10:09 BST Paul KirbyEurope digital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-811280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}