People look at the see, as waves hit the waterfront ahead of storm Ciaran on November 1, 2023, in Port Bara beach, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Brittany, western France. France went on high alert as a storm dubbed Ciaran threatened to bring gale-force winds and extreme rainfall to the north and west, as well as Britain and Ireland. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM