Storm Ciara lashes UK, Europe; train, flight operations hit

Hurricane-force winds and heavy rains lashed the United Kingdom and the northern European as the regions were hit by storm Ciara on Sunday. Bad weather conditions also halted flights, trains and ports. Soccer games, farmers’ markets and cultural events were canceled as authorities urged millions of people to stay indoors, away from falling tree branches. The storm, named by the UK’s Met Office weather agency, brought gales across the country and delivered gusts of 97 miles per hour to the Isle of White and 93 mph (150 kph) to the village of Aberdaron in northern Wales. Propelled by the fierce winds, a British Airways plane was thought to have made the fastest New York-to-London flight by a conventional airliner.

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