2023-11-03 01:16:51
A tree fell on the road in Coutances, in Manche, Thursday November 2. LOU BENOIST / AFP
171 kilometers/hour at Granville, 153 km/h at Cap de Carteret, 150 km/h at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, on the east coast of Cotentin… Swept by storm Ciaran, the Manche department experienced winds of exceptional intensity, Thursday November 2. At the start of the evening, the department’s emergency services, reinforced by 80 members of Rennes’ civil security, recorded more than 2,000 requests for intervention, “including 1,000 currently being processed”. But no one was injured.
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The red alert for violent winds had been lifted in the Channel around 10 a.m., but the threat then looming on the coasts was that of the risk of submersion, reinforced by the high tide, and the orange vigilance was maintained throughout. the day. As on a large part of the coast, access to the coastlines has been prohibited. In the port of Cherbourg, an individual fell into the passenger compartment of his boat which went adrift and had to be towed by the Navy. “The person is safe. Her condition did not require medical attention once she was brought back to the dock”says the prefect.
During the day, it was possible to see a few individuals braving the wind and the restrictions in order to take out their cell phones and immortalize the raging seaside. “There are always the curious… They weren’t that numerous but still present”confirms the police.
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Throughout the day, the police received hundreds of calls, prioritizing life-threatening emergencies. “Do not call the emergency services for falling trees when it has no impact on health”, hammered the competent units. Many uprooted trees fell on public roads, main roads or on private cars, some cladding of agricultural or industrial buildings did not hold, roofs were damaged and boat genoas collapsed.
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Power and mobile phone network outages punctuated the day for many Manchois, with the wind damaging the high voltage wires. At 7 p.m., 80,000 homes were still without electricity according to the prefecture, compared to 125,000 homes at midday. 850 agents were mobilized to restore power. 9,000 people were also affected by difficulties accessing running water, a situation which was quickly restored. The Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, went during the afternoon to Saint-Lô, Manche prefecture, to meet the teams from Enedis, the company in charge of public networks electricity, and “note the means deployed to carry out the repairs”.
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