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Storm Imogen lashes Britain with wind, huge waves
(19-meter) wave was re- ations to trains, planes and
corded off St. Ives in south- ferries, and travelers were
west England. being warned to take care
Sustained winds of up to when driving.
121 mph (195 kph) — the The Severn Bridge between
equivalent of a Category England and Wales was
3 hurricane — were re- shut because of dangerous
corded at the Fastnet winds.
lighthouse near Ireland’s Several buildings were
southwest coast. Met Of- damaged — including
fice forecaster Emma Sil- a bank that had its roof
litoe said gusts of 60 to 70 ripped off — and rescuers
mph (95 to 112 kph) were said two children suffered
expected “quite widely” serious leg injuries when a
before winds eased Mon- stone wall collapsed on
day evening. them in a central England
The storm caused cancel- village.q
Hundreds of thousands
celebrate Carnival in Cologne
Waves crash over the sea wall at Porthcawl in Wales, Monday Feb. 8, 2016, as winds of nearly
100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts
and torrential downpours.
(Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
LONDON (AP) — A winter travel across the country. Coastal towns were soaked
storm with hurricane-force More than 15,000 homes by sea swells caused by
winds and huge waves were without power as the combination of strong
battered Britain’s coastline Storm Imogen hit Ireland, winds and high tides.
Monday, cutting power to Wales and southern Eng- Weather forecaster the
thousands and disrupting land. Met Office said a 63-foot
A reveler celebrates during the traditional carnival parade in
Cologne, western Germany, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. The foolish
street spectacle in Cologne, normally watched by hundreds of
thousands of people, is the highlight in Germany’s carnival sea-
son on Rose Monday.
(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) offenses reported through
— Hundreds of thousands the full five-day Carnival.
of people packed the The Rose Monday parade
streets of Cologne for its almost didn’t happen at all
annual Rose Monday pa- amid severe weather warn-
rade, the culmination of ings, but the city decided
five days of Carnival festivi- to go ahead while banning
ties that took place amid horses, large puppets and
heightened security follow- flags for safety reasons.
ing robberies and sexual With strong winds predict-
assaults in the city on New ed over a large swathe of
Year’s Eve. western Germany, other
Police doubled the num- cities, including Duessel-
ber of officers they had on dorf and Essen, called off
hand this year in an effort their main Carnival proces-
to reassure the public in sions entirely.
the wake of the Dec. 31 The migrant crisis was re-
attacks primarily targeting flected in Monday’s Car-
women and blamed large- nival floats, keeping in the
ly on foreigners. tradition of topical themes.
Through Monday morn- One featured a carica-
ing, police said they had ture of Chancellor Angela
recorded 542 criminal Merkel standing in front
complaints, including 45 al- of her signature quote of
legations of sexual offens- recent months, “We will
es, including rape. Those manage it,” and the words
numbers were roughly in “tough nuts.” At her side
line with 2015, when police was a basket of nuts la-
said there were 50 sexual beled “refugees.”q
