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		<title>Storm Nils Leaves 450,000 Homes Without Power in France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/02/storm-nils-france-power-outages-garonne/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As parts of southwestern France begin assessing the damage from Storm Nils, more than 450,000 homes remain]]></description>
		
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		<title>Southwest Hit by a New Earthquake this Morning with a Magnitude of 3.6</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/04/southwest-hit-by-a-new-earthquake-this-morning-with-a-magnitude-of-3-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2019 06:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blaye]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This morning, shortly before 7am, a new tremor affected the Gironde, Charente and Charente-Maritime. The epicenter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fifteen Departments of Central and Southwest Placed in Orange Alert for Severe Storms</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/07/fifteen-departments-central-southwest-placed-orange-alert-severe-storms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cantal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corrèze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haute-Garonne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haute-Loire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Midi-Pyrénées]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Puy-de-Dôme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwest France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Loire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toulouse]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEATHER: Meteo France placed 15 departments of Midi-Pyrénées and the Massif Central in orange alert for]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thunderstorms: Five Departments in Southwest on Orange Alert</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dordogne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gironde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEATHER: The Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrénées-Atlantiques are the departments on Thunderstorm orange alert]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rain: Three Departments in Southwest on Orange Alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/05/rain-three-departments-southwest-orange-alert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 08:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Orange Alert was originally on five departments. Heavy rains are still expected in the]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bird Flu: All Ducks will be Slaughtered in Landes</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/02/bird-flu-ducks-will-slaughtered-landes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[H5N8]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[HEALTH:  The 600,000 breeding ducks still alive in the Landes will be slaughtered to try]]></description>
		
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		<title>Storm Marcel: Nine departments in Orange alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/02/storm-marcel-nine-departments-orange-alert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nine departments of southern France are orange alert for strong winds until 4pm on Monday.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winds: Eleven Departments Southwest on Orange Alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/02/winds-eleven-departments-southwest-orange-alert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 06:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aude]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEATHER: Winds can reach 130 to 140 km/h on the Atlantic coast &#8230; Eleven departments of South]]></description>
		
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		<title>Storm Marcel: 11 Departments in the Southwest on Orange Alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/02/storm-marcel-11-departments-southwest-orange-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 06:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The storms follow one another. After Storm Kurt and Storm Leiv, it is the turn]]></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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bordeaux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[la Rochelle]]></category>
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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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