Sunday, August 10, 2014

Thunderstorms: still 2200 homes without electricity in the Pyrenees … – South West

Thunderstorms: still 2200 homes without electricity in the Pyrenees … – South West

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aturday to 18h, the Hautes-Pyrénées, Landes and Pyrénées-Atantiques territorial director, ERDF, amounted to 2200 the number of private homes of electricity .

“93% of households were without power Friday night were replenished” , said Saturday evening the director of external relations in the ERDF Southwest, Frederick Boutaud.

It is in the area of ​​Lasseube where men in blue have been supported by the firefighters and around Nay efforts are concentrated.

For Lasseube , several suburbs have been hit by violent gust of wind which could reach top speeds of 108km / h Friday around 18 hours. An event accompanied by thunderstorms. Results, many tree branches were broken when they are not whole trees that were uprooted.



For Oloron-Sainte-Marie . Photo © N

Some minor injuries were reported which a trader Lasseube who received his feet and covers an area firefighters Pontacq has been dropped.

The sub-prefect of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Samuel Bouju, did not trigger cell crisis. “The damage is very diffuse. Everything is linked to the restoration of electricity.”

More than 80 firefighters were involved in these operations, and the forces of gendarmeri e. The teams of the Interdepartmental Directorate Atlantic routes and the technical staff of the General Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques were strongly mobilized to clear the roads quickly. Mayors and technical staff of the municipalities concerned have worked to assist the population and treat damage to homes and on local roads.

Weather France had placed the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Friday orange alert after violent storms .

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