Pas-de-Calais: significant risk of flooding of the Liane and the Hem
Vigicrues maintained two waterways in Pas-de-Calais on orange flood alert this morning: the Liane and the Hem.
Regarding the Liane, the level at Wirwignes was 0.99m at 8 a.m. In Isques, it reached 2.16m.
Concerning the Hem, the levels remained low at 8 a.m.: 0.66m in Guémy and 1.13m in Recques-sur-Hem.
Storm Domingos begins to hit Brittany
Storm Domingos reached the French coast. This morning, the wind is already blowing strongly in Brittany, around 80km/h, and creating strong waves, particularly in Morbihan.
If the storm promises to be less severe than the previous one, it arrives when Ciaran has barely left French territory, which suggests damage to already fragile areas.
Candles, gas-heated water: many residents still without electricity in the West
Resourcefulness. In Finistère, Mathilde, a resident of the town of Keremma, found herself without electricity after the passage of storm Ciaran.
She tells BFMTV that she is forced to light with candles and heat water with gas, while her fridge is no longer powered.
At Marie and Jean’s, still in Finistère, we occupy our evenings as best we can by playing games of Scrabble by candlelight.
The equivalent of 15 days of precipitation is expected to fall in just 48 hours
Storm Domingos is approaching and should hit France this evening, particularly on the Atlantic coast.
According to estimates, the equivalent of 15 days of precipitation is expected to fall in just 48 hours. The peak should be reached in the evening between 11 p.m. and midnight.
The death toll rises to 3 in France, after the passage of storm Ciaran
A woman aged around forty died Thursday afternoon after falling into the water in the Sugiton cove, near Marseille, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
According to a witness cited by the police, she was swept away by a wave, while Bouches-du-Rhône was placed on orange alert for wave-submersion.
The Alpes-Maritimes placed on yellow wave-submersion vigilance
The Alpes-Martimes department will be placed on yellow wave-submersion vigilance in the afternoon, from 4 p.m. and until midnight, indicates Météo-France.
From midnight until 2 p.m. tomorrow, the Alpes-Maritimes department will be placed on orange alert.
More information here.
260,000 homes are still without electricity this Saturday at 8 a.m.
260,000 homes are still without electricity this morning at 8 a.m., indicates Enedis. Brittany and Normandy are mainly concerned.
“This morning, at 8 a.m., 260,000 customers remain to be replenished, particularly in Brittany (200,000) and Normandy (51,000),” indicates Enedis.
“78% of customers have been restored since the storm,” assures the electricity manager.
325,000 homes still without electricity Friday evening
Some 325,000 homes were still without electricity on Friday at 6 p.m., after the passage of storm Ciaran, Enedis said.
Some 875,000 homes affected by the storm “were re-supplied”, or “73% compared to yesterday morning”, said the public manager of the electricity distribution network in a press release. The cuts still affected 227,300 households in Brittany and 79,000 in Normandy.
Italy, France, Portugal… Storm Ciaran killed at least 16 people across Europe
The death toll from Storm Ciaran in Europe rose yesterday to 16 deaths. Italy is the most affected country with 6 deaths, while France has 2.
Falling trees caused by violent gusts of wind are the cause of several fatal accidents: 2 victims in Belgium – including a Ukrainian child who was playing outside in Ghent – 2 in France, one in the center of Madrid, one in Germany and a seventh in the Netherlands.
In Portugal, it was the strong swell caused by Ciaran on the Atlantic Ocean which caused the death of 3 people in the sinking of a sailboat flying the Danish flag which ran aground on a beach in the center of the country.
At least two dead after storm Ciaran passes through France
As Storm Domingos approaches, Storm Ciaran has already caused extensive material damage in the west of the country and resulted in the death of two people.
We note the disappearance of a septuagenarian who suffered a fatal fall in Le Havre due to violent winds, and a truck driver killed in Aisne by the fall of a tree on the road, which he could not avoid.
Ten new departments placed on orange alert this evening as storm Domingos approaches
Hello everyone and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the damage caused by storm Ciaran and the approach of storm Domingos on the coasts of the Atlantic coast this evening.
Ten new departments will be placed on orange alert as Storm Domingos approaches this evening which will cause “violent gusts of wind” on the Atlantic coast.
Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Charente and Gironde will go into orange “wind” vigilance from 6 p.m. Charente-Maritime, Gironde, but also Bouches-du-Rhône and Var will also be placed on alert for “waves-submersion” at the same time. Corsica-du-Sud and Haute-Corse will go into “rain-flood” vigilance at 7 p.m.
Pas-de-Calais is already on orange “flood” alert.