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		<title>West France Floods: Slow Receding Waters, Near-Normal School Return</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/02/west-france-floods-school-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Slow Receding Waters Promise Near-Normal School Return in Western France After a turbulent few weeks]]></description>
		
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		<title>30 cm of Snow in Charente-Maritime: Unheard of in the Department!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEATHER: In one night, Charente-Maritime fell into an exceptional winter setting. In one night, Charente-Maritime]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winds up to 105km/h: Charente Goes on Orange Alert, Angoulême-Saintes Trains Canceled this Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Charente is placed on orange alert for strong winds from this Thursday 6 a.m. until]]></description>
		
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		<title>Storm Benjamin: Gusts up to 130 km/h, Strong Waves, Disrupted SNCF Traffic&#8230; What to Expect on Thursday in New Aquitaine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bad Weather]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[la Rochelle]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEATHER: Storm Benjamin, the first storm of the Autumn, will sweep across France from Wednesday]]></description>
		
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		<title>Earthquake in Western France: Strong Tremor with a Magnitude between 5.3 and 5.8, Material Damage Recorded</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/06/earthquake-western-france-strong-tremor-magnitude-5-3-5-8-material-damage-recorded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The earthquake, with an epicentre halfway between La Rochelle and Niort, was felt from Bordeaux]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charente-Maritime: Accident at Leroy Merlin, Client Crushed by 300 kg of Wooden Panels</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/04/charente-maritime-accident-leroy-merlin-client-crushed-300-kg-wooden-panels/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The victim, seriously injured, was transferred to the hospital in Poitiers (Vienne). The reason why the]]></description>
		
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		<title>Covid-19: The Incidence Rate is Falling in Charente&#8230; But Not the Positivity</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2021/05/covid-19-incidence-rate-falling-charente-positivity/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 14:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EPIDEMIC: The incidence rate in the Charente was halved. But the number of coronavirus Covid-19 tests]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charente-Maritime: Two Cyclists Killed by a Car</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/09/charente-maritime-two-cyclists-killed-car/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 13:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two amateur cyclists have been killed in an accident with a cat in La Rochelle]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nouvelle-Aquitaine Placed on the Yellow Alert for Thunderstorms</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/04/nouvelle-aquitaine-placed-yellow-alert-thunderstorms/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Friday 24th April 2020, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is on yellow alert for thunderstorms from]]></description>
		
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		<title>Second Case of Coronavirus in Charente: A 24 year old Woman Returned from Egypt</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/03/second-case-coronavirus-charente-24-year-old-woman-returned-egypt/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EPIDEMIC: The regional health agency (ARS) gave details on the new confirmed case of coronavirus in]]></description>
		
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