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Atlantic Storm Xynthia that has caused fatal damage and flooding already in Madeira, struck the coast of France over the weekend breaching sea defences and claiming 54 lives across Europe.

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France declares National Disaster

PBO’s sister magazine website YM has reported that numerous pontoons at the marina in Les Sables D’Olonne on the West Coast of France have been destroyed.

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