Storm Ciarán is currently wreaking havoc across northern Europe.Winds of up to 180km/h slammed France's Atlantic coast last night, causing power outages, high waves and even killing a truck driver.Although red alerts for strong winds have now been lifted in France, amber warnings remain in place along the north coast, and on England's southeast coast.Flood warnings are also in place for some areas and travel disruption continues in northern France and the British Isles.This so-called ‘weather bomb’ is being created by a clash between the Atlantic jet stream and a low-pressure system that is descending from the north of Europe.The epicentre of this extreme weather is over the UK and France with some ferry services, trains and flights cancelled on Wednesday 1 November and further services struck off on Thursday.Some travel operators are saying disruption could continue until Saturday.Various ferry services have been disrupted due to strong winds and high waves in the English Channel.DFDS Ferries cancelled all sailings between the UK and France from late on Wednesday evening until Friday morning.Brittany Ferries has also warned passengers of potential disruption on its cross-Channel routes.“Weather-related delays and/or cancellations may occur on Wednesday 1 November and (particularly) Thursday 2 November,” it told travellers.“We will continue to monitor forecasts carefully in the coming 24 hours.
If your sailing is affected, we will be in touch as soon as possible via email or SMS. May we ask you not to contact us by phone, as call volumes are expected to be high.”The company has cancelled some journeys between France, Spain and the UK on Thursday.Condor Ferries has cancelled passenger routes between the Channel Islands