It is not yet time to take stock in Brittany, still shaken this Thursday morning by storm Ciaran. But given the violence of the gusts recorded last night in the region, the damage is expected to be very significant. “The very violent winds and gusts which succeeded one another throughout the night had the effect of causing the fall to the ground of numerous trees, branches and electrical and telephone lines throughout the road network,” indicates in a press release from the Finistère prefecture.
Consequently, the authorities have decided to prohibit all traffic on the entire departmental road network. The measure concerns all motorists with the exception of “health and emergency services, law enforcement and network operators in intervention, agents of requisitioned communities as well as elected officials and on-call staff of communities and the State”, underlines the prefecture, specifying that “this ban will be gradually lifted as the clearance operations progress, for which all very important resources are mobilized. »
All residents of Finistère received an alert message on their mobile phone to warn them of this measure. The Finistère prefecture has also activated a public information unit, which can be reached for any questions at 02.90.77.29.00.