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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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					<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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leroy Merlin]]></category>
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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>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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		<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>La Rochelle: 2.3 Tonnes of Cannabis Discovered in a Truck, a Record Seizure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the night of Thursday 19th October, customs of La Rochelle found 2,362 kg of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charente: CRS Dislodge the Strikers of La Rochelle, Back to Normal at the Pump</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/09/charente-crs-dislodge-strikers-la-rochelle-back-normal-pump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angouleme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cognac]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The strikers CGT and FO could not reblock fuel depots La Pallice tonight. At 3, they]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charente: Lorry Drivers Protest Blocking Fuel Depots</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/09/charente-lorry-drivers-protest-blocking-fuel-depots/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since this morning, the CGT and FO road began a renewable movement against the reform]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strikes by tanker drivers: New Filter Dams</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/05/strikes-tanker-drivers-new-filter-dams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 09:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Filter dams were set up in front of several depots and refineries. The Ile-de-France is mainly]]></description>
		
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		<title>Storm Leiv swept the Southwest, 60,000 Homes without Electricity</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/02/storm-leiv-swept-southwest-60000-homes-without-electricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meteo France lifted the orange alert to the winds, triggered by the passage of storm]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weather in Charente: More Rain Thursday</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/01/weather-charente-rain-thursday/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEATHER: Rain in the morning, rain in the afternoon in the Charente region &#8230; Rain]]></description>
		
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