A powerful windstorm--the second in less than a week--has buffeted the United Kingdom and France with damages that could run into the hundreds of millions, one British insurance spokesman said.

Windstorm Johanna struck both countries with winds in excess of 80 miles per hour, according to an alert issued by Guy Carpenter, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Malcolm Tarling, a spokesman for the Association of British Insurers, told NU Online that it is too early to assess the damage from Johanna that is expected to last until tomorrow. He said insured losses could equal or exceed Storm Kyrill in 2007, which resulted in ?350 million ($702 million U.S.) in the United Kingdom, but that figure is speculative at this time.

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