Weather warnings were in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, the UK, and Ireland as Storm Herminia brought strong winds, heavy rain, and powerful waves.
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00:00Weather warnings have been issued in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, the UK and Ireland
00:06as Storm Herminia batters countries across Europe with strong winds, heavy rain and powerful
00:12waves.
00:15Hurricane force winds have been recorded across almost all of Spain, with the Galicia region
00:20feeling the worst effects.
00:23One person has died and more than 1,200 incidents have been reported to the emergency services
00:29in the region, while more than 13,000 people have been left without electricity.
00:36In France, eight regions are under orange weather warnings, while the region of ÃŽle-et-Velen
00:41is now under a red warning.
00:44Flooding has forced families in ÃŽle-et-Velen to evacuate and the water level is still rising.
00:50Meanwhile, in the UK, Devon and Cornwall remain under a yellow weather warning and
01:08more than 1,000 properties in the south-west are still without power.