LIVE – Storm Ciaran: Emmanuel Macron will go to Plougastel-Daoulas early in the afternoon

In a bulletin posted online at the end of the morning, Météo-France downgraded the Landes department to yellow vigilance.

In fact, only four departments remain on orange alert for this Friday: Pas-de-Calais for flood phenomena, Pyrénées-Atlantiques for rain-flooding and the two Corsican departments for strong wind.

As for Monday, only Pas-de-Calais should remain on orange alert.

As BFMTV learned, confirming initial information from TelegramEmmanuel Macron will go to the town of Plougastel-Daoulas, in Finistère, from 2:30 p.m. this Friday.

For this trip, where he will see the damage from storm Ciaran and meet with local elected officials, he will be accompanied by the president of the Federation of Insurers.

During a press briefing held from Caen in Calvados, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne confirmed that two people had died during the passage of storm Ciaran, and that 47 others were injured.

“First of all, I want to say all my support to the victims, their families and loved ones,” she said.

As the ANSA agency suggests, at least five people died in floods which hit Tuscany after the passage of storm Ciaran. The latest report showed three deaths.

According to the same source, several people are also missing.

In the southwest department, two people have been slightly injured in recent hours, including a young woman near the town of Sanguinet after a tree fell on her car.

With BFMTV, Fabien Lainé talks about an extremely impressive meteorological event.

“It woke me up, actually at that moment we felt the houses vibrate with a fairly dull rumble. It was very powerful and once it calmed down, we went around the town, a lot axes were blocked by trees”, he explains.

In this same town, a family will be relocated after the fall of a pine tree which weakened their home.

In a tweet published mid-morning, Civil Security confirmed the figures given this Friday morning by government spokesperson Olivier Véran and advanced that “more than 10,000 interventions were carried out by firefighters and rescuers” on the sidelines of the passage of storm Ciaran.

For his part, Olivier Véran also welcomed “the thousands of actors mobilized on the ground.”

Returns from vacation this weekend will be “ensured” by the SNCF even if the disruptions linked to storm Ciaran will continue, particularly in Hauts-de-France until Saturday, the Minister for Transport announced on Friday, Clement Beaune.

“There are a lot of reservations, particularly on the TGVs” with “a million and a half people (who) must return from vacation”, noted the minister on France 2, promising that this service will be “guaranteed”.

However, according to him, there may be “a few TGVs which will be delayed” or even “cancelled” in “cases, I hope, totally exceptional”, he continued. “As we speak, there are very few high-speed lines that are impacted,” he noted. The travelers concerned, recalled Clément Beaune, will be “fully refunded” or will be able to change trains.

While 523,000 homes are still without electricity in France, Finistère appears to be the most affected department in the country.

Invited on our channel this Friday, Maël de Calan, president of the Finistère departmental council, indicates that to date “nearly 200,000 Finistère residents do not have electricity.”

“There are essential infrastructures deprived of power supply, several thousand kilometers of roads which are not accessible. The storm has passed but for another one or two days we are in an extremely severe crisis which we are trying to curb” , he elaborates.

When he spoke on our radio this Friday morning, government spokesperson Olivier Véran indicated that “more than 10,000 interventions by emergency services” have been carried out in France since the passage of storm Ciaran.

“It’s huge, there are thousands of actors mobilized on the ground,” he added.

Questioned about Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Brittany today, Olivier Véran underlines that the President of the Republic will salute the action of the emergency services and firefighters” and “meet local elected officials.”

Invited this Friday morning on the antennas of BFMTV and RMC, the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, announced that “523,000” homes were still without electricity in France after the passage of storm Ciaran. Among them, “350,000” are in Brittany.

According to Olivier Véran, the situations are “variable” depending on the departments. In the department of Finistère, the lines “have been chopped up” and “the agents must make their way.”

“It’s improving, 150,000 have regained power, it will increase in the coming hours,” assures the spokesperson.

As the daily indicates The Telegramunder the onslaught of the winds of storm Ciaran, the Ponthus beech, a 300-year-old tree very popular with walkers, was uprooted.

As the regional daily further indicates, this tree, which sometimes hosted druidic ceremonies, was renowned “for its sprawling branches.” According to legend, this beech was the guardian of the ruins of the castle of Ponthus, a character in Arthurian mythology.

In a press release released on Friday morning, the prefect of Landes indicates that two accidents which caused “slight injuries who were worse in charge” were recorded in the department.

For the moment, according to this same document, 8,000 homes are still without electricity in Landes, a department still on orange alert for rain, flooding and wave flooding today.

In addition, several roads, including the RD43, remain closed.

France, Italy, Belgium… Many European countries deplore human losses following the passage of storm Ciaran. It is Italy, with three deaths, which pays the heaviest price.

In the town of Montemurlo, which recorded ten centimeters of precipitation in two hours, an 85-year-old man was found drowned in his house, and an 84-year-old woman died from illness linked to the sudden rise in water. A third person died in Rosignano, according to Italian media.

In France, a septuagenarian who fell to his death in Le Havre after being hit by the shutters of his home due to violent winds, and a truck driver killed in Aisne by the fall of a tree on his truck.

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While Ciaran has just left French territory, France will, in the coming hours, be confronted with a new depression called Domingos which promises to be much less intense than its predecessor.

According to Meteo Francethis “should approach France on Saturday from the west, with attention to Vendée and Loire-Atlantique on the one hand and the coastal departments of Manche on the other.”

According to the meteorological institute, winds of up to 100 km/h are expected inland, but there is “uncertainty” as to the exact contours of this episode.

Following the passage of storm Ciaran, Emmanuel Macron, just returned from his trip to Central Asia, will go to Brittany at midday to “thank the relief forces” and “to speak with residents”, announced the Elysée.

“The Head of State wishes to be able to meet and thank the relief forces who were mobilized during and after the passage of the storm and whose action was decisive,” argued the presidency.

“He will also talk with residents who have had to go through this ordeal,” the same source added.

The passage of the storm left three dead in this north-central region where heavy rains caused rivers to overflow and caused flooding. According to the governor of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, three people died in the bad weather.

In the town of Montemurlo, which recorded ten centimeters of precipitation in two hours, an 85-year-old man was found drowned in his house, and an 84-year-old woman died from illness linked to the sudden rise in water.

A third person died in Rosignano, according to Italian media.

After storm Ciaran which crossed the North-West This Thursday, November 2, it is the South-West which will find itself under powerful, but less intense, winds.

“The new depression which follows this Ciaran storm, with an activity without comparison with the latter, will mainly concern the Aquitaine coast (Landes, Pyrénées Atlantique mainly)”, specifies Météo France.

Then, it is the Domingos depression which is due to affect France on Saturday, from the West, “with attention to Vendée and Loire-Atlantique on the one hand and the coastal departments of La Manche on the other hand” and with much lighter winds than Ciaran.

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5 departments remain on orange alert at both ends of France: Pas-de-Calais for floods, Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques for both rain-flooding and waves-submersion.

The whole of Corsica is orange for the wind, and Corsica-du-Sud also for risk of waves-submersions, according to Météo-France.

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“Several departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine are affected by exceptional weather phenomena”, indicates the SNCF.

“In order to guarantee the safety of travelers and staff, these events require the adaptation of our transport plans in New Aquitaine, Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire and Center-Val-de-Loire. Train traffic in several TER regions will be disrupted on Friday, November 3,” explains the company.

Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to bad weather in France and Europe, 24 hours after the passage of the violent storm Ciaran in the north of France.