Over the past few days Météofrance warned of strong winds, Valentina Akordon wrote in an article published in the newspaper La Repubblica. 

Cyclone Xynthia, which yesterday made destruction in much of France, came as no surprise to the weather service of France: Météofrance warned about the threat of powerful winds and flooding at the end of last week. The author notes that the French meteorological service after cyclone Lothar and Martin, who in recent days in December 1999 with a speed of 200 km / h sped across Central Europe caused the death of nine dozen people, significantly improved their work and a notification system for bad weather. 

Xynthia, Lothar and Martin, the newspaper writes, is nothing but a deep "extratropical cyclones", formed over the ocean and shifts eastward. In the area of their actions were the countries situated on the Atlantic coast, and then the countries of Central Europe. In the past 10 years, such cyclones become more frequent. The question is not whether to think about the storms under global warming. No fear of that, because hurricanes are formed over the oceans, and the temperature of European seas, including the Mediterranean Sea, is too low to allow a tropical cyclone to form type, the author writes. 

In future cyclones type Xynthia may to become more frequent to the north of the Alps. However, 10 years - too short a period to be able to draw conclusions climatic character. In conclusion, the author writes, to some extent, trying to reassure the reader that there is no connection between meteorological phenomena and earthquakes in recent months