Storm Goretti lashed England and France with hurricane-force winds, causing widespread disruption as it swept through northwest Europe and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes.
Amber and yellow warnings were in place for parts of the U.K., France and the Netherlands on Friday, while Germany’s DWD issued a red alert for snowfall. The storm could dump as much as 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow across western and central England, the U.K.’s Met Office said.
The winter storm slammed a region already battered by an Arctic blast that has driven temperatures across northern