19/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - Aid to repair storm damage. Aid from the European Solidarity Fund will be used to repair damage caused by the “Xynthia” storm in France and Portugal. Aid was approved on Thursday 18 November by the European Parliament's budgets committee. Contributions amount to €35.6 million for France and €31.3 million for Portugal. In France, the storm had hit the Atlantic coastal area of Charente-maritime and La Vendée. The French authorities estimated total damage...