Tugboats manoeuvre the P&O ferry Pride of Kent after it ran aground during bad weather in the port of Calais in northern France on Sunday. (Reuters photo)PARIS: A ferry carrying 313 people ran aground Sunday amid high winds off the French port of Calais, interrupting boat traffic across the English Channel. P&O Ferries confirmed that one of its ferries ran aground and said it hoped “to transfer our passengers to an alternative ship as soon as possible”. Some 60 people were being housed in local hotels while the others were being transported across the Channel, it said. The national weather warning agency Meteo France had 32 French regions under hazard alerts due to high winds and storms over the weekend.

Source: Bangkok Post December 11, 2017 07:40 UTC