Those three deaths bring to eight to the number of fatalities from the storm that has battered Spain, Portugal and southern France overnight Thursday to Friday. As a weakened Storm Elsa moved over Britain, the authorities in France, Portugal and Spain all warned of a fresh threat. Another 13 flights were diverted from airports in Galicia to other parts of Spain or Portugal, it added. The winds were as high as 148 km per hour at Socoa, in the southwest near the border with Spain. READ ALSO: Strong winds close ski slopes in France and leave tens of thousands without power

Source: The Local December 22, 2019 08:37 UTC