The hurricane, which swept across northern France from Wednesday afternoon, advanced eastward on Thursday, October 21, gradually losing intensity. Motto-France raised the orange awareness to a violent wind at the end of the morning It’s about twelve more fields.
Named “Aurora”, the storm focused on Thursday morning in the Hautes-de-France, the Paris area and the east of the country. About 250,000 homes in the north of France, mainly in Normandy, do not have access to electricity, the distribution network Enedis announced in a press release. Approximately 3,000 technicians were sent to the field, and the EDF subsidiary’s rapid intervention force was dispatched.
Traffic was light at this time of night in Normandy and the Ile-de-France
A “One hundred incidents” Also reported on railroads, “Flew with trees, branches and various objects (a trampoline, tarpaulins, metal sheets, etc.) and fell on the rails or on the caddy”, According to the SNCF.
Traffic was heavy in Normandy, Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France and the Grand-Est, the SNCF said at midnight. However, DGV traffic was normal.
In Ile-de-France, all routes, especially the lines leading to or from the RER C, D, E and Saint-Lazare station, were severely affected. Traffic was gradually resumed from 10 a.m., with some sections of the RER C intermittent or suspended.
RATP also points out that traffic on Europe’s busiest line, RER A, is complicated due to a gap in the connection between the Nander-Prefecture.
“Be aware of trains running before going to the station and be careful”, Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djibouti wrote in a tweet.
Rail traffic in the Isle-de-France, Norma is affected due to strong winds and falling trees … https://t.co/T7ncFNtI0W
On Wednesday night to Thursday night, a tree fell on a channel on the railroad tracks between Paris and Cranville. One hundred passengers were taken care of by firefighters and the city of Argentina, the province of Arne announced on Twitter, in connection with the SNCF.
In Normandy, traffic was light at noon on the Paris-Saint-Lazare Le Havre, Drew-deauville station and on the way to Kane. “Continue step by step in a few lines from 10am”, According to the SNCF, advised its customers to postpone their trips “As much as possible”.
In Britain, many lines were cut by bad weather, especially between Rennes and Saint-Malo or Kimber and Brest. A photographer from Agency France-Press reported that a house under construction collapsed during a storm in Blossavet, Finister.
Most of the trees, due to the storm, still have leaves, the first of this season, Motto-France said in a statement. Beacamp (Sean-Sea) at 145 km / h, 143 km / h at Cronville (Manche), 134 km / h at Croix (Morbihan) Island, and 109 km / h at the Paris-Montessori station. The weather conditions in the east of France are still disturbed with local rain and winds blowing at 170 km / h on the Voges ridges.
In Lorraine, 20,000 customers lost power Thursday morning, with 4,000 in Alsace and more than 6,000 in the historic Branch-Comde.
According to Motto-France, the aurora continues to move eastward and is now about Germany.
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