World News 30-12-1999 Millions Without Electricity After Storms In Europe who: 122 dead what: In worst storms for fifty years where: Austria and France when: Yesterday snippet: "Two-thirds of France was declared a disaster zone yesterday," we`re told in this morning`s Independent, "as emergency workers from Britain and other European countries were called in to repair the devastation caused by unprecedented storms on Sunday and Monday." The worst storms for 50 years have caused the deaths of 12 people and $5 billion damage in Western Europe in the last few days. Five million people are without electricity and a million without a telephone. "Austria and the French Alps - where many resorts were on maximum alert - were worst affected," reports The Times. Yet British skiers are not deterred, despite the deaths of 12 people in avalanches earlier this week - thousands are preparing to fly to the disaster-struck Alps for their winter holidays. So The Times has prepared a useful seven-point guide on how to survive if you`re caught in an avalanche; for example: "6. If an avalanche begins above you, ski to the side of the slope out of its path." [... more]

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