Storm Herminia has unleashed downpours in western France, with parts of Brittany put on red weather alert Monday, while eight other French departments were put on orange alert for flooding, flash

France suffers unprecedented flooding as storm Herminia moves into northern Spain, causing plains, trains and ferry cancellations.

Back-to-back storms have caused severe flooding across western France, hitting some areas with the worst flooding in 40 years. Watch this video to see how rescue teams were able to reach people stranded in their homes.

The national weather service had issued flood and wind warnings as Storm Herminia hit Spain, France on parts of the U.K. Normandy and Brittany were already waterlogged after the passage of last week's Storm Éowyn — which left two people dead from fallen trees and more than 1 million people without electricity in Ireland and Britain.

Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes on January 27 as rivers and waterways broke their banks after successive storms battered Normandy and Brittany.