Overview
- France’s government reported two storm-related deaths, including a truck driver struck by a falling tree and a man found in his garden in Tarn-et-Garonne.
- Enedis said power was cut to about 900,000 customers at the peak and service has been restored to roughly half, leaving around 450,000 still offline on Friday.
- Meteo-France described Nils as unusually strong for the season, with the system moving east even as flood alerts persist in parts of the southwest.
- Access to damaged lines is hampered by waterlogged fields and blocked roads, complicating the work of thousands of repair crews.
- The storm disrupted transport across southern France, northern Spain and Portugal, with dozens injured in Spain and a viaduct in Portugal partially collapsed by flooding.