2023-07-08 21:28:00
The violent storms that hit the southwest of the country on Friday, July 7, some 5,500 homes are still without electricity, according to Enedis.
By NJ with AFP In the aftermath of the violent storms that hit the Southwest, 5,500 homes are still without electricity on Saturday. © MAGALI COHEN / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP Published on 07/08/2023 at 9:28 p.m.
Some 5,500 homes in the South-West of France were still without electricity on Saturday evening July 8, following the violent storms which hit the area on Friday evening, we learned from ‘Enedis. Saturday morning, 26,000 homes were without electricity in nine departments, according to Enedis: Gers, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, Dordogne, Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne.
“At the end of the weekend, almost all homes should be connected again,” said a spokesperson for Enedis on Saturday evening.
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Events canceled
It is also a tree fall on a vehicle which injured a 65-year-old man in Pau on Friday evening.
The rains and strong winds gave rise to around 120 firefighter interventions on Friday evening in the Gers, the most affected department, according to the department’s prefecture. Several roads were cut there, while in other areas of the southwest, train traffic could be disrupted.
In anticipation of bad weather, outdoor events were canceled on Friday evening, such as the Pause Guitare festival in Albi, where spectators were evacuated while trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf was to go on stage, according to an AFP correspondent. .
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