FREEDOM LUCCA: Magrini 13, Tonaci 7, Morello 13, Giusti 1, Donati 11, Russo 5, Mattei ne, Lorenzi 6, Piercecchi 6, Guidi 11. Coach: Pochi. LIONS MONTEMURLO: Vettori, Mucci 13, Cellai 7, Zona, Guerriero, Vannoni, Riccio, Guazzini 2, Zardo 6, Salute 6, Lanari 12, Toffei 2. Coach: Piperno. LUCCA - The Libertas wins game one against Lions Montemurlo, at the end of an almost perfect match. In the first quarter the home team immediately took the lead and won the first quarter 21-17. In the second quarter the boys took the maximum advantage Piochi who manage the match and go to the break at 46-27. Upon returning from the changing rooms, after the long break, the Libertas manages to increase the gap, without giving anything to the opponents, closing the third quarter at 66-34. In the last period there are no great upheavals and thus comes this first victory in game one. And now all eyes are on game 2 which will be played next Wednesday, at 21.15:XNUMX pm, at the "Palapantano". "We approached this race – he commented Piochi – in an excellent way, both offensively and defensively, putting energy and significant intensity on the court, closing the first quarter in the lead. Then, little by little we increased the gap, closing ahead before the break". "I am very happy – psiga Piochi - , Why montemurlo It's a very experienced and strong team, made up of top-class players; but the boys were also good in the last two periods to contain their guns. We won a game, but we have to think about game two, trying to be even more aggressive and attentive, because, certainly, a battle awaits us and we want to do everything to try to bring it home". Montemurlo, 24 April 2025 - Triumph during the Easter weekend in the 24th edition of the Vuelta Ibiza mountain bike race in Spain, for the Soudal Team of Montemurlo thanks to the off-road performances of the former world champion Colombian Leonardo Paez and Dario Cherchi. The two bikers proved to be unbeatable in this stage competition in which they were favourites, winning for the second consecutive year the overall victory by dominating the first two stages and managing the third intelligently. But the praise must be extended to the entire team with Alessio Agostinelli, Lorenzo Trincheri, Sandra Mairhofer and Adelheid Morath who finished second in the women's Vuelta. A winning performance that started on the first day in the heart of Ibiza, with a challenging stage 67 km and 2.000 metres of altitude difference. The reigning champions, Dario Cherchi and Leonardo Paez, imposed an intense pace from the first climbs, distancing their opponents and maintaining the lead until the finish line. In the second stage, considered the most challenging of 87 km and 2.400 meters of altitude difference, the couple Italian-Colombian consolidated his supremacy over the feared Puig d'en Morna (2km at 12%) by taking another stage victory, then managing and controlling his opponents during the third and final stage. Brilliant performances also in the women's Vuelta with the Mairhofer-Morath duo, who suffered a bit from the heat but were always protagonists, and came in second three times in the three stages of the Spanish event, before finally conquering second place in the general classification of this international MTB event.     have declared a state of emergency after torrential rain of around 200 mm in 4 hours triggered severe flooding which has left at least 3 people dead and several missing In a statement the governor of Tuscany Eugenio Giani said the situation is extremely serious and urged residents to stay indoors “We had never recorded so much rain in so few minutes What happened tonight in Tuscany has a clear name: climate change,” Tuscany governor Eugenio Giani said The governor confirmed at least 3 people have lost their lives as a result of flooding and landslides in the region one in the municipality of Montemurlo (Province of Prato) and the other in the municipality of Rosignano (Province of Livorno),” the governor said Search and rescue teams in the area were looking for 2 victims reported missing in Lamporecchio in the Province of Pistoia Civil Protection in the city of Florence reported 3 people were missing Local police reported one person was missing in Campi Bisenzio in Prato Province Emergency workers carried out over one thousand interventions due to bad weather overnight 02 to 03 November Carmignano and Prato in Prato Province; Quarrata in the Province of Pistoia; Cerreto Guidi in the Metropolitan City of Florence; and numerous locations in the provinces of Pisa and Livorno Teams from the National Civil Protection have been deployed to the area and were using helicopters boats and amphibious vehicles to rescue flood victims and locate those reported missing Italy’s fire service Vigili del Fuoco said 400 firefighters were working in affected areas including specialist high water rescue teams and divers Around 30 families were evacuated from flooded areas of Calcinaia and 6 families were evacuated in San Miniato A regional train line was suspended and around 150 passengers were evacuated and given temporary accommodation at a municipal building of Vaiano The torrential rain triggered multiple landslides and caused several water bodies to break their banks the Bagnolo stream in Montemurlo and the Bisenzio River in Santa Maria a Campi Swollen tributaries of Ombrone River flooded areas of Pistoia Quarrata and Serravalle Pistoiese in the Pistoia Province According to figures from the government of Tuscany several areas of the region recorded over 200 mm of rain in a 24 hour period to 03 November including: much of the rain fell in a short period of time the weather station at Pontedera in the province of Pisa recorded 198.6 mm in a 4-hour period from 16:00 to 20:00 on 02 November 2023 — Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) November 2, 2023 Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Metrics details Spaceborne-based monitoring for environmental purposes has become a well-established practice The recent progress of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors including through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-1 constellation has enabled the scientific community to identify and monitor several geohazards highlights the effectiveness of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) in detecting abrupt increases in ground deformation rates in an industrial area of Montemurlo municipality InSAR data enabled prompt identification of the phenomenon supporting the authorities in charge of environmental management to thoroughly investigate the situation an on-site validation was performed via field surveys confirming the presence of cracks and fissures on some edifices settlement gauge and topographic levelling corroborated the InSAR data's findings regarding vertical deformation Integration of collected data allowed for spatial identification and assessment of the subsidence bowl and its source depth recognized by the remote sensing data The Montemurlo case offers a procedural guideline for managing abrupt accelerations identified by InSAR data in subsidence-prone areas due to fluid overexploitation these data proved useful in helping local authorities responsible for hydrogeomorphological risk management With the exacerbation of deformation issues in subsidence-prone regions due to climate change early detection and monitoring of such phenomena are increasingly crucial with InSAR data playing a central role in achieving this goal and they are still evolving ongoing evolution MT-InSAR enables the identification and monitoring of subsidence ground deformation taking advantage of both displacement velocity and time series (TS) data over time were reported to local authorities in charge of hydrogeomorphological risk management to inform them about the worsening of existing situations or the appearance of newly activated ground deformation scenarios the screening of the entire regional territory and the highlighting of critical deformations were useful for better addressing the available funds for restoration or prevention Localization of the area of interest and of the ground deformation Ground deformation maps of the period 2015–2022 of continuous monitoring in the Tuscany region and characteristics of the Sentinel-1 data the industrial district in the southwestern Montemurlo municipality has experienced an increase in manufacturing activities predominantly in textile production and industrial warehouses requiring a large amount of water to be pumped from the subsoil No critical events were recorded before mid-2017 Flowchart for monitoring detected deformation areas by InSAR continuous monitoring The sample case of the industrial area of Montemurlo was adopted to validate the presented approach starting from the spatial and temporal characterization of the phenomena taking into consideration the velocity of deformation and the InSAR time series it was possible to well-identify the area involved in the deformation The delimitation can be supported by the decomposition of the velocity in vertical and East–West component facilitating also the characterization of the phenomena With consideration of the time-series of deformation and utilizing the mining data analysis for the identification of anomalous points it was possible to identify the starting moment of the deformation and the temporal evolution and thus InSAR data with abrupt positive or negative trend variations were obtained Once the phenomenon was spatial and temporal characterized by remote sensed data a validation campaign was conducted to cross-correlate the InSAR data with recorded damage by a field survey followed by a levelling campaign one of the most common techniques of topographic measurement that can be adopted for settlement assessment to more thoroughly investigate the critical situation and expensive system should be installed: a vertical borehole settlement gauge This system was useful for (i) collecting geological information of the area of interest even if strong lateral and vertical variations in short distance are known in this area and (ii) helping to clarify the vertical deformation in different portions along the column Spatial analysis of the ground deformation of Montemurlo Ground horizontal (a) and vertical (b) velocity components of deformation in the industrial area of Montemurlo Vertical ground deformation maps (× 10 exaggerated) by year (c) and time series of measurement points cross-correlated with nearby levelling points (d) The evolution of vertical deformation (exaggerated 10 times for easier visualisation) affecting the ground over the year from 2016 to 2021 (Fig. 3c) confirms that in 2016 and it became significant in 2017 after an abrupt acceleration the stability of the system was compromised The MPs identified according to the abovementioned procedure are defined as anomalous points (APs) continuous monitoring was limited to a 3 month update (systematic) while maintaining the same alerting procedure Spatial (a) and temporal distribution of anomalies in the area of interest Spatial localization of the MPs showing acceleration or deceleration in the ascending or descending (APs) orbits and temporal distribution compared with a time series per orbit In 2018 and 2019, during approximately the same period of the year, a similar situation was recorded, mainly in the ascending geometry, even if the acceleration was lower than that in 2017 (Fig. 4c) there has been a decrease in the number of updates showing anomalies in ground lowering and rebound in both ascending and descending geometries This decrease is a direct consequence of the reduced number of updates Vertical distortion close to the Wa measured by the vertical gauge in the borehole (a) and GBIS assessed results of depth and volume changes (b) the entity of water withdrawn and the depth of the water level were also collected According to the combination of the recorded pumping rate and the ground deformation maps obtained from MTInSAR and levelling data the water withdrawal from the Laundry α could be the cause of the subsidence bowl The complex geological setting of the area composed of alluvial sediments with several intercalations and small lenses with higher permeability can lead to strong and rapid deformation in a well-defined area due to the rapid depletion of the lenses and consequent drainage of water into the surrounding less permeable portions no pumping or water table depth information from previous years was available for comparison with the recorded MTInSAR data reporting abrupt acceleration It is worth noting that from September 2019 to October 2021 pumping was only conducted in Laundry α (approximately 25 km3 per year) but the changes in the groundwater level depth were strongly recorded in both wells with decreases of approximately 27.2 m and 6.7 m for Laundry α and β The nonproportional responses of the water level changes in the two closed wells can be attributed to the different depths of the wells and the distinct aquifers tapped and to the strong complexity of the geological setting of the area Section A-A’ (Fig. 3a) including all the involved subsidence analysis data and the GBIS-assessed source depth of the area of interest The section shows the piezometric levels at different times on the geological background and the vertical and horizontal components recorded by the MPs the present work provides good operability for subsidence phenomena the abrupt acceleration of the Montemurlo area has been identified owing to the continuous update of the MTInSAR data for the area consisting of both ground deformation maps and data mining for highlighting the MPs with changes in their trends Continuous monitoring allows the early identification of phenomena with the possibility of alerting personnel in charge of hydrogeological and territory management with the final aim of preventing hydrogeological compromise or damage to structures and infrastructure In the subsidence of the Montemurlo industrial area the operative chain was activated in a very short time where an abrupt acceleration in both ascending and descending data was recognized within an industrial area In recognition of the potential consequences of the recorded displacement a field survey was promptly conducted within a few days to validate and clarify the entities and their impact on structures and infrastructures in the case of abrupt acceleration in subsidence-prone areas where several wells pump groundwater are active a rapid mobilization to elucidate and characterize the phenomenon is fundamental to avoid operative consequences during nearby activities demonstrating the high impact and interest regarding these phenomena worldwide The subsiding trends followed by an uplift phase may be due to poroelastic rebound mechanism in the multi-layered aquifer system This pattern is triggered by piezometric level rise due to pumping interruption The heterogeneity of geological layers and their complex geotechnical properties (e.g and poroelastic effect) are not accounted in the simple eleastic model this may lead to discrepancies between the modelled and actual deformation in situ information were incorporated for obtaining more accurate and reliable results and such an inductive approach can support the authorities in charge of hydrogeological risk and management to be systematically updated over possible critical situations and to foresee further studies geological insights or additional or more frequent MTInSAR analyses and actions the installations of cutting-edge instruments The data presented in this study for the investigation of this exemplary case of groundwater pumping-induced subsidence are derived from different monitoring and processing approaches The use of the same spatialization approach allows comparison of the resulting surface extraction of relevant information about the temporal changes a piezometric level dataset from 2010 was used to compare the situation before the critical events of 2017 Sixteen measurement points were collected within a restricted area to monitor the area of interest and cross-correlate the displacement recorded by the remote sensing data the MPs data derived from the Sentinel-1 radar images a deep borehole was drilled at the location of the maximum displacement recorded by the MTInSAR data in which a magnetic vertical settlement gauge was installed This instrument consists of a double guide tube an external tube formed by a flexible corrugated tube and an internal tube in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) around which magnetic rings are connected to the surrounding ground The magnetic properties of these rings allow for the monitoring of vertical settlement between pairs of rings; data are collected by inserting a sensor into the tube for measuring 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Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy's Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight At least six people in Italy and one person in Albania were killed on Friday bringing the storm’s death toll to 14 across Europe this week the storm brought more death and destruction as it moved eastward across the continent police said a motorist died when he lost control while driving a car Huge waves pummeled the Adriatic shores of the Balkans and strong winds uprooted trees and ripped off roofs Ferries connecting Croatia's islands with the coastline were halted (​MORE: Storm Ciarán’s Foam Throws Bubbles In The Air) Italian Civil Protection authorities said that nearly eight inches of rain fell in a three-hour period from the coastal city of Livorno to the inland valley of Mugello Video showed at least a dozen cars getting swept away down a flooded road Eugenio Giani said that six people died in the storm which dumped an amount of rainfall not recorded in the last 100 years “There was a wave of water bombs without precedence,” Giani told Italian news channel Sky TG24 Climate scientists say human-induced climate change has led to heavier rainfall during storms like Ciarán “If the conditions are different than 20 years ago it is obvious to everyone,'' Nello Musumeci the government's minister for civil protection noting that weather systems in Italy have become more tropical in nature The dead in Tuscany included an 85-year-old man found in the flooded ground floor of his home near the city of Prato and an 84-woman who died while trying to remove water from her home in the same area The other victims were a couple who had been missing near the town of Vinci and a person in Livorno province Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera said Friday evening that the wife of the man whose body was found earlier in the town near Prato also perished (​MORE: Storm Ciarán Leaves A Lake In Southern England) At least two people were missing Friday in Tuscany along with an off-duty firefighter reported missing in the mountains of Veneto Other regions were on high-alert and authorities warned that the storm was heading toward southern Italy At least 48,000 utility customers were without electricity Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said High-speed train service between Florence and Milan as well as along smaller rail lines in Tuscany were affected Ciarán left at least seven people dead as it swept across Spain caused travel mayhem and cut power to a vast number of people train lines and highways were disrupted and schools were closed Hundreds of people were unable to get home including about 150 stranded in Prato after a train line was suspended Thursday night Around 40,000 people were without electricity on Friday The mayor of Prato expressed shock at the force of the flood that devastated the city overnight residents were working to clean the damage But even after an evening and night of devastation we are pulling up our sleeves to clean and bring our city back to normality,’’ Mayor Matteo Biffoni posted on social media (​MORE: Photos Show Damage From Deadly Storm Ciarán Across Western Europe) Florence Mayor Dario Nardella told Sky TG24 that the Arno River with the highest levels forecast for midday Neither he nor the governor expected the river to overrun its banks considering that tomorrow is the anniversary of the 1966 flood,” Nardella said recalling a flood that killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of artistic masterpieces and rare books wind and heavy rain on Thursday night led to landslides About 1,600 households were without electricity early Friday The storm receded in northern France and the Atlantic coast on Friday but heavy rains continued in some regions as emergency workers cleared away debris from the day before Corsica in the Mediterranean faced 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The Weather Channel and our meteorologists Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy's Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight bringing the storm’s death toll to 14 across Europe this week Ferries connecting Croatia's islands with the coastline were halted (​MORE: Storm Ciarán’s Foam Throws Bubbles In The Air) “There was a wave of water bombs without precedence,” Giani told Italian news channel Sky TG24 Climate scientists say human-induced climate change has led to heavier rainfall during storms like Ciarán “If the conditions are different than 20 years ago it is obvious to everyone,'' Nello Musumeci the government's minister for civil protection (​MORE: Storm Ciarán Leaves A Lake In Southern England) Ciarán left at least seven people dead as it swept across Spain we are pulling up our sleeves to clean and bring our city back to normality,’’ Mayor Matteo Biffoni posted on social media (​MORE: Photos Show Damage From Deadly Storm Ciarán Across Western Europe) considering that tomorrow is the anniversary of the 1966 flood,” Nardella said In Austria’s southern Carinthia province Corsica in the Mediterranean faced unusually fierce winds Friday — up to 87 mph — and regions in the Pyrenees in the southwest were under flood warnings The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news \\nAt Least 14 Dead Amid Ciar\u00E1n's Might The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Five people were killed in the Tuscany region and several were still missing on Friday after torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks The five dead included an 85-year-old man who was found drowned on the ground floor of his house in Montemurlo began the clean-up operation on Friday after their homes were partially submerged and cars destroyed Florence mayor Dario Nardella said the situation remained "critical" in the city as the level of the Arno River continued to rise on Friday Some 40,000 homes across Italy had been left without electricity, according to media reports Tuscany's regional president Eugenio Giani declared a state of emergency on Thursday night which he said the national government was set to confirm on Friday Giani posted photos on his Facebook account on Friday morning showing "devastating" flooding in the areas of Campi Bisenzio Emergency services worked through the night to rescue people from flooded homes Storm Ciarán has been making its way through Europe in recent days The storm battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km/h causing a lorry driver to be crushed by a falling tree and some 1.2 million French homes to lose electricity overnight a woman was killed after a tree fell on her and injured three others Please log in here to leave a comment 2023 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from Storm Ciaran rose to at least 16 across Western Europe on Friday as heavy downpours and record winds brought travel chaos At least six people died in the central Tuscany region declaring a state of emergency as weather specialists reported record rainfall Another three people were killed off the coast of Portugal on Friday when a yacht ran aground north of Lisbon in strong swells the rescue services were called out to dozens of incidents across Tuscany to help motorists stranded in flooded tunnels or hemmed in by trees brought down by the winds Tuscany governor Eugenio Giani said the dead in the Italy storms included an 85-year-old man found drowned on the ground floor of his house in Montemurlo "What happened tonight in Tuscany has a name: climate change," Giani wrote on X garages and cellars swamped by the floodwaters throwing damaged furniture and appliances onto the street Florence mayor Dario Nardella described the situation as "critical" in the city as the level of the Arno River continued to rise Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced an initial state aid package of five million euros (around $5.4 million) for the region as she confirmed a state of emergency to fast-track funding and resources Three people aboard the Danish-flagged sailboat that capsized off a beach at Santa Cruz north of Lisbon were found dead on the shore near the boat's wreckage on Friday Trees felled by gale-force winds caused several of the other deaths in Europe falling branches killed a five-year-old Ukrainian boy and a 64-year-old woman on Thursday Falling trees had earlier killed a lorry driver in his vehicle in northern France's Aisne region French officials also reported the death of a man who fell from his balcony in the port city of Le Havre a woman in Madrid and a person in Germany were also killed 325,000 French households were still without power The wind gusts in Brittany were "exceptional" and "many absolute records have been broken" national weather service Meteo-France said on X On the French Mediterranean island of Corsica shipowner Francois-Xavier Bacchidu said the damage was "totally unheard of" as he surveyed the scene of overturned boats and damaged buildings "The boats here have always been safe but we're going to have to rethink things in the future," he told AFP hundreds of schools were closed Thursday as large waves powered by winds of 135 km/h crashed along the coastline residents had to be evacuated to hotels overnight as gusts of up to 164 km/h damaged homes rail and ferry services saw cancellations and long delays across several countries More than 200 flights were cancelled at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport more than 80 flights were cancelled at 11 airports and rail services were suspended in the northwest on Thursday Belgium's port of Antwerp was closed and flights from Brussels were disrupted Scientists have warned the world will experience more extreme weather events because of the global warming caused by greenhouse gases "The links between climate change and winter storms in Europe are complex," said Hannah Cloke professor of hydrology at England's Reading University "But as seas and air temperatures get warmer we expect some winter storms to bring more rain and potentially cause more flooding." Managing Director and Chief Editor : Mahbub Morshed 1949) represents the Italian genius ofArt Deco: now the great Tuscan artist is being honored by an exhibition curated by Giorgio Bacci and Alessia Cecconi is staged on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of his birth and the 70th anniversary of his death and is scheduled from April 6 to June 2 promoted in collaboration with the CDSE Foundation aims to recover the figure of Brunelleschi an illustrator of international stature whose work has been rightly brought to light by scholars since the 1990s.The exhibition traces the evolution of Umberto Brunelleschi underscoring the artist’s ideational talent and versatility The title of the exhibition is meant to evoke his rare and refined art which is revealed in the covers and illustrations of the great French magazines such as those of the Giornalino della Domenica and La Lettura del Corriere della Sera in the dreamy drawings of children’s books but also in the theatrical sets and stage clothes of Turandot which was performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1940 or literary figures such as Gabriele D’Annunzio Brunelleschi defined his own immediately recognizable style over the years masterfully employing a precious and refined technique such as pochoir (examples of which are on display in the exhibition) and he was among the few artists of international caliber to reach the qualitative level of such great Deco draftsmen as Georges Lepape and George Barbier The artist in France meets with growing favor and his work is in demand by the most important fashion and costume periodicals.In Italy he illustrates children’s books collaborates with La Lettura del Corriere della Sera and Il Giornalino della Domenica He made his debut in 1915 at the Pergola in Florence he created the sets and figurines for the version of Turandot performed in 1940 at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino The original drawings for L’albero delle fiabe (1909) a collection of fairy tales by Massimo Bontempelli the visitor will easily discern in them that predilection for a careful and well-calibrated graphic linearism that will return in the masterpiece Le malheureux petit voyage (by Gabriel Soulages also exhibited on a par with Les contes de Boccace (1934) and La cronaca della settimana (by Luigi Bertelli is well represented by a series of covers elaborated in 1908 for Il giornalino della Domenica,dedicated to the seasons of the year: a winter landscape caressed by snow (January) dialogues with the fairy-tale atmosphere of a pond illuminated by the moon and stars (June) or children engaged in seaside games (August) respond to the little one bundled up among the bare trees (November) Another important periodical also availed itself of Brunelleschi’s collaboration: it is La Lettura linked (then as now) to the Corriere della Sera From the charming pen-point portrait of June 1926 to the chinoiserie of September 1924 from the mask of February 1920 to the refined arabesque drawing of July 1923 which Brunelleschi illustrated on several occasions in 1918 Events become expedients to depict improbable harems and figurines The exhibition also features an installation that aims to bring into dialogue the stage sketches and figurines made by Umberto Brunelleschi for the Turandot performed at the Maggio musicale fiorentino in 1940 with the costumes actually made on that occasion Visitors will be able to admire the original designs alongside sumptuous dresses in which gold and silk dragons come to life Pictured: an illustration by Umberto Brunelleschi Bagnolo di Montemurlo, 20 March 2025 - The Regional Championship for the junior category for the 2025 season has been assigned. The choice fell on Cycling Team Seanese, the Seano company chaired by Marco Fuochi, and the race will take place on Sunday 25 May in Bagnolo di Montemurlo thanks to the local Committee whose main animator is Riccardo Corsi. At least 12 people were killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe with record winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour causing travel mayhem with closed ports and flight and rail disruptions reporting record rainfall and the declaration of a state of emergency Tuscany governor Eugenio Giani said the five dead included an 85-year-old man who was found drowned on the ground floor of his house in Montemurlo "What happened tonight in Tuscany has a name: climate change," he wrote on X Florence mayor Dario Nardella said the "situation is critical" in the city Trees felled by gale-force winds caused most of the deaths in Europe a five-year-old Ukrainian boy and a 64-year-old woman were killed by falling branches Falling trees had earlier killed a lorry driver in his vehicle in northern France's Aisne region and French authorities also reported the death of a man who fell from his balcony in the port city of Le Havre a woman in central Madrid and a person in Germany also died Some 1.2 million French homes lost electricity as the storm lashed the northwest coast Almost 700,000 remained without power on Thursday evening French President Emmanuel Macron was due to visit the storm-battered region of Brittany on Friday air and maritime traffic in Belgium where the port of Antwerp was closed and flights from Brussels were disrupted.  The wind gusts in the western Brittany region were "exceptional" and "many absolute records have been broken" national weather service Meteo-France said on X.  The prefect for the local department said gusts as high as 207 km/h were recorded at Pointe du Raz on the tip of the northwest coast while the port city of Brest saw winds hit 156 km/h hundreds of schools were closed as large waves powered by winds of 135 km/h crashed along the coastline More than 200 flights were cancelled at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport rail and ferry services saw cancellations and long delays across several countries.  The effects of the storm were felt as far south as Spain and Portugal with Spanish authorities warning of waves as high as nine metres (29 feet) along the Atlantic coast more than 80 flights were cancelled at 11 airports There was disappointment for the hardy athletes of the annual Dutch "headwind cycle championships" race.  They only hold their race along the Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier in the western Netherlands if the wind is above a gale seven on the Beaufort Scale (up to 61 km/h) But they finally met their match with Storm Ciaran and had to postpone it.  There were "many disappointed faces," organiser Robrecht Stoekenbroek told local agency ANP The French weather service said storms would continue into Friday notably in the southwest of the country and on the island of Corsica Rail services in western parts of the country would remain disrupted on Friday please register for free or log in to your account