According to Enedis, up to 400,000 homes were deprived of electricity in the West on Friday 13th December 2019, after strong winds overnight from Thursday to Friday.
Strong winds shook the west of France, on the night of Thursday, 12th December to Friday, 13th December 2019. What deprive up to 400,000 homes of electricity, reports Enedis, in his newsletter published in the morning. At 5.30 pm. Friday, there were still 70,000 homes underlines the manager of the electricity distribution network, particularly in Nouvelle Aquitaine and Occitanie.
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“The FIRE (Rapid Intervention Force of Electricity) is mobilized to reinforce the teams already on the ground,” specifies Enedis.
#Tempête de vent💨 À 17h30, 70 000 foyers sont toujours privés d’électricité principalement sur la façade Ouest du pays. Nos équipes restent fortement mobilisées et mettent tout en œuvre pour faire face aux vents violents prévus ce soir et demain. #ServicePublic pic.twitter.com/YIkWvSJWWS
— Enedis (@enedis) December 13, 2019
143 km/h in Millau, 174 km/h in Corsica
Météo France recorded up to 143 km/h in Millau (Aveyron), 131 km/h in Caunes-Minervois (Aude), or even 126 km/h in Bédarieux (Hérault).
143 km/h à Millau (12) dans la dernière heure !
131 km/h à Caunes-Minervois (11)
126 km/h à Bédarieux (34)
117 km/h à Chambéry (73)
116 km/h à Toulouse Francazal (31)
115 km/h à Castres (81)
110 km/h à Carcassonne (11)
103 km/h à Toulouse Blagnac (31)#tempête #VigilanceOrange— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) December 13, 2019
And the wind has blown even more on the island of Beauty, with gusts of 174 km/h measured at Cap Corse around noon.
174 km/h mesurés au Cap Corse vers midi
153 km/h à l’île Rousse
139 km/h à Cagnano, (Cap Corse)
En #Corse, la #tempête va encore se renforcer d’ici ce soir. avec des pointes approchant les 180/200 km/h près des caps exposés.
120 km/h possibles vers Bastia. @Prefet2A @prefet2b— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) December 13, 2019
Due to this strong gale, 14 departments of the Southwest, as well as Corsica, were placed on orange alert. The weather agency expects gusts up to 160 km/h on the peaks of the Pyrenees
