The storm made landfall near Bordeaux, France, at 5:00 am Central European Time on Saturday, 24 January.

It traveled southeastwards towards the south-east coast of France throughout Saturday morning, finally reaching there at 1:00 pm.

Thousands were evacuated from nearby housing estates in La Nucía, north of Benidorm in Alicante, as the Spanish Army helped to fight a forest fire, which was started by a felled electricity pylon.

Parts of a sports center collapsed in Sant Boi de Llobregat, 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) south west of Barcelona, killing four children and injuring 16.

In La Palma de Cervelló, Province of Barcelona, a road worker was killed by a falling tree.

The storm originated in the Bay of Biscay and tracked south-eastward through southern France during the evening of 24 January towards northern Italy and the Adriatic, where minimal damage was caused.