Dirk storm: about 20,000 homes still without power !!

Dirk disruption resulted in a rainy Christmas day in Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur, where only the department of Alpes -Maritimes remained orange alert Wednesday, December 25 , while homes were still without electricity in the rest of France, mainly in the West.

After a Christmas Eve candlelight for thousands of people , around 20,000 French households should still spend an evening without electricity, according to a statement ERDF 20 hours. Homes not yet supplied will be on Thursday , the manager ensures power grid nearby. ===> 


Brittany / Area Pays-de- Loire remains the most affected with 19,000 homes without power since Tuesday morning. In the Rhone valley , a thousand homes remained without power . In Normandy, all subscribers have been replenished , says ERDF.

In Finistère , cleaning resumed in cities were flooded , as Morlaix, invaded Tuesday by a flash flood , and Quimper, where some of the docks was submerged . A house edge of the Isole there is partly collapsed into the river , testified Christine Favennec , Deputy Mayor . Wednesday's decline had begun , added the one.

Alpes- Maritimes still under surveillance

The Interior Ministry has assured that " classification procedures in natural disasters, wherever conditions are met, will be validated as soon as possible." " Already , records are being examined and education ," he says .

Storm " Dirk" , which hit the coasts of western Europe on the night of Monday to Tuesday, killing five people in Britain , then moved eastward without causing any casualties or large damage.

Face of the rains " weaker than expected " , Météo-France ended Wednesday afternoon to warnings in effect in the Alpes- de-Haute- Provence, Hautes- Alpes and Var . In contrast, Alpes- Maritimes remain under surveillance. " It will continue to rain until the middle of next night with mostly moderate intensity ," said the organization provides accumulations " of 50 to 100 mm in coastal areas and 80 to 150 mm in the interior, occasionally 150 200 mm " .

The orange alert flood was also raised in the Var, but kept three counties of Brittany , Finistère, Morbihan and Ille -et-Vilaine , as well as streams of Aisne, in northern east of France . Finally, the risk of flooding are spread along the coast of Provence and the Côte d' Azur, where three-meter waves were observed , for example off Marseilles and Porquerolles .

Traffic resumed at Nice airport

Relief reported no major incidents in the region Provence -Alpes- Côte d' Azur. However, the weather caused traffic disruption at the airport in Nice , where the city had also announced the closure of the coastal path and announced a ban on access to the beaches. Traffic was particularly disturbed from 6.45 12:00 and from 14:30 to 20:30 , all flights arriving then to be canceled.

If the damage is large , they are generally minor , limited to falling trees or damaged roofs . Saône- et-Loire , one of the most affected with the Ain department , firefighters had to intervene nearly 550 times a day on Tuesday and Christmas Eve . At Cluny , their own barracks was the victim winds ripped part of the roof of the rescue center .

In massive , Météo- France has warned of a high risk of avalanche "in all massive Southern Alps " and " in the Northern Alps and the Pyrenees , with altitudes above 2,000 m and the north-facing slopes . "

Most Pyrenean ski resorts have closed their field due to wind gusts. In the Alps , however , the ski resorts are still open , with the exception of the station Col du Rousset (Drôme) .