Hundreds of thousands of people were hit by power outages and train services were disrupted by heavy winds and rain sweeping across France on Friday, said Reuters. -Utility Enedis said in a situation update on Friday morning that 161,000 clients had no electricity from the storm. -National rail network manager SNCF said it would suspend train service or limit train speeds. -Meteo France, France's weather agency, has issued orange alerts for much of the country's northwest, saying that heavy wind and thunderstorms would continue into late Friday.
