Northern Europe Battered by 3rd Major Storm; Deaths Hit 14

Northern Europe Battered by 3rd Major Storm; Deaths Hit 14
Huge waves hitting the sea wall after Storm Franklin moved in overnight in Porthcawl, Wales, Britain on Feb. 21, 2022. Ben Birchall/PA via AP
The Associated Press
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LONDON—Northern Europe has been battered by its third major storm in five days, with heavy rains and high winds killing at least two more people, disrupting travel and prompting hundreds of flood alerts across a region still recovering from last week’s hurricane-force winds.

Storm Franklin pushed in from the North Atlantic on Sunday afternoon even as crews worked to clear fallen trees and restore power to thousands of customers hit by storms Dudley and Eunice last week. Heavy rains and high winds swept across Northern Ireland and northern England on Monday before moving on to France. England’s environment agency issued more than 300 flood warnings and alerts and train operators urged people not to travel.