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The "meteorological bomb" and its violent winds violently swept a large northwestern quarter of France into the night, particularly in the English Channel and the Seine-Maritime. Some minor injuries and one serious were recorded at this stage.
Storm Goretti hit France and the rest of North-West Europe between Thursday and Friday, with in some places the effect of a "weather bomb"
Storm Goretti swept through Normandy on the night of January 8-9, 2026, with gusts of record wind, major damage especially on the coast, power cuts, fallen trees and a lot of firefighters mobilized.
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It arrived by the west on Thursday 8 January 2026 in the evening. Storm Goretti blows loudly in Calvados, with peaks around 135 km/h. Follow our direct.
On the night of Thursday 8th to Friday 9th January 2026, storm Goretti turned Caen into a city besieged by the wind. Météo-France had placed the Calvados in orange alert, the inhabitants were receiving an alert on their phones FR-Alert asking to go to the shelter, the parks and viaduct of Calix were closing. Many thought they were experiencing another strong storm, without imagining that some buildings would be touched in the heart. In the distr…
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