Many roads are still flooded. As a result, the Risoul station is inaccessible. 624 homes are still without electricity in Hautes-Alpes.
The heavy rains that fell in recent hours in Hautes-Alpes have caused damage in the department. Since Thursday, 100 to 200mm of precipitation has fallen locally, Météo-France announced on Friday, December 1.
As a result, many roads are impassable in the department. In Risoul, the road is still cut, but “temporary access has been opened for emergency vehicles to the village”, indicates the Hautes-Alpes prefecture in its latest situation update this Saturday, December 2 at 8 p.m. The ski resort “should be accessible tomorrow afternoon,” she announces.
This Saturday evening, the national 94 is still closed to traffic at Eygliers due to “water runoff”, indicates the state representative.
“No victims” to deplore
The Enedis teams managed to restore electricity to “90% and in particular in full in the village of Guillestre”, announces the prefecture.
624 homes still remain without electricity, including 483 in Risoul, Saturday evening. The state of the roads does not allow Enedis vehicles to access the ski resort, indicates the prefecture.
In the Hautes-Alpes, 1,200 homes were still without electricity, including 483 in the town of Risoul, this Saturday, December 2 in the afternoon, indicated the prefect, guest of BFMTV. According to Enedis, power cuts affected “more than 5,000 customers” in the department after the bad weather.
In the department, 250 firefighters are involved in floods. They will remain mobilized on Sunday “in order to continue supporting the communities and residents of the valley”, specifies the prefecture.
Communications restored
Once cut off in the north of the department, communications were restored this Saturday and the main difficulties are now concentrated in the area of Guillestre and Queyras, declared midday Dominique Dufour, prefect of Hautes-Alpes, on BFMTV .
In the Hautes-Alpes, bad weather caused “no casualties” but 116 houses were impacted, as well as 25 businesses, 4 of which were completely destroyed inside.
This Saturday morning, the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence were placed on yellow flood alert. However, the prefect of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence called on the population to exercise caution in areas affected by bad weather.
With a cooling since 11 p.m. this Friday and a drop in temperature of up to -6°C, the risk of icy conditions is particularly high.