A street is blocked by a fallen tree, Capbreton, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 175 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
A street is blocked by a fallen tree, Capbreton, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 175 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
A highway technician walks near an overturned Spanish truck on the highway between Narbonne and Perpignan, France, 24 January 2009 after a storm with gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
A man passes an overturned boat in the port of Leucate, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
A beach is covered by foam in Capbreton, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 175 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
A beach is covered by foam in Capbreton, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 175 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
Workers remove a fallen tree from a street in Capbreton, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 175 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
A man passes an overturned boat in the port of Leucate, France, 24 January 2009, after a storm with gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
A man sticks to an overturned Spanish truck on the highway between Narbonne and Perpignan, France, 24 January 2009 after a storm with gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
A man sticks to an overturned Spanish truck on the highway between Narbonne and Perpignan, France, 24 January 2009 after a storm with gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
A highway technician gestures near an overturned Spanish truck on the highway between Narbonne and Perpignan, France, 24 January 2009 after a storm with gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour early 24 January caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
A man walks near the beach in Biarritz, France, 24 January 2009. A storm with gusts of up to 175 kilometres per hourearly 24 January caused severe damage in southwestern France. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG