Locked in Monte Carlo

By midnight, the Mediterranean gale had transformed into a historic storm. Winds gusting over eighty knots battered the coastline, sending massive swells crashing over the seawalls of Port Hercule and flooding the low-lying pit garages. Mudslides in the hills had severed the Moyenne Corniche, blocking all road traffic out of Monaco toward Nice, while torrential rain and zero visibility had forced the civil aviation authority to ground every private helicopter…