Storm Ciarán live: Significant disruption and 1.2 million without power in France Follow the Guardian’s…

Hundreds of schools shut as Storm Ciarán batters southern England Storm Ciarán has hit the…

Much of northwestern Europe went on high alert Wednesday as a storm dubbed Ciaran threatened to bring gale force winds and extreme rainfall to the region. Three French departments — Finistere, Cotes-d’Armor and Manche — will be placed on red storm alert, the highest level, at midnight (2300 GMT), national weather agency Meteo-France said. Meanwhile thirty other departments including Paris and its surrounding regions are placed on orange alert.

Storm Ciarán: England and Channel Islands prepare for disruption England is preparing for the arrival…

‘It’s probably quite a nasty storm, this one.’

More rain on the horizon.