Monday, February 8, 2016

Very violent gusts of wind batter the coasts of the English Channel – Le Figaro

VIDEO – winds to 139 km / h on the Finistère and Calvados were recorded in the night from Sunday to Monday. Meteo Consult has placed Monday 12 departments in orange alert to strong winds and risk of flooding. In Britain, ERDF recorded 5000 power cuts.

After high winds observed that night in the departments of Finistère and Calvados, very violent winds continue to hit the coasts of the English Channel on Monday morning. In its newsletter, Météo Consult * fell at 6:00 gusts up to 139 km / h.

The office of meteorological studies placed Monday 12 departments in orange alert.

– 8 are for “a dangerous situation related to the strong wind”: CALVADOS (14) COTES D’ARMOR (22) FINISTÈRE (29) HANDLE (50) NORTH (59), PAS-DE-CALAIS (62), SEINE-MARITIME (76), SUM (80)

-. 5 are for “a dangerous situation related to submersion “. Charente-Maritime (17), FINISTÈRE (29), Loire-ATLANTIC (44) Morbihan (56), VENDÉE (85)

Several departments of the facade west but also a band from the Loire Valley to the Vosges via the Paris basin, are on yellow alert, the intermediate level of alert.

Meanwhile, France has maintained Weather the warnings of the 16 departments in amber alert for wind and wave-submersion. Or regions Brittany and Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy, but also the Calvados (14), Loire-Atlantique (44), Manche (50) Charente-Maritime (17) the Gironde (33) , Landes (40), Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), the Seine-Maritime (76) Somme (80) and the Vendée (85).

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After Saturday’s storm, a new episode of weather concerns the north. The storms are characterized by strong winds and high waves of Monday to Tuesday Photo credit:.

In Britain, 5,000 residential customers electricity

Météo Consult also indicates that Monday morning strong winds affecting areas ranging from the Vosges to the Loire Valley through southern Île-de-France. On the Lorraine plateau and the Vosges Mountains, winds could reach almost 110 km / h. Near the Channel coast to coast Charentais, points 120 to 140 km / h should be observed.

In the morning, the winds had caused little damage in the Grand Where is. In Britain, the impact is “relatively small” compared to other storms, according to ERDF. Around 8 am, the distribution network totaled 5,000 customers without power, including 1,500 in Brittany. Firefighters there have conducted some 60 interventions between midnight and 8 am, mainly for trees and other telephone or electric poles fell.



Improved expected Monday night

Monday afternoon , no improvement is expected except in Britain. “The Loire Valley the Ardennes through the Paris basin, the gusts could still reach 90 to 100 km / h passing of the strongest thunderstorms” says the office of meteorological studies. Situated on the Channel, the winds expected to remain strong with peaks at 130 km / h on the north Finistere and northern Cotentin.

Monday Night , the most wind violent concern the Opal coast and the Boulogne gusting to 130 km / h, says Meteo Consult. Elsewhere, the tendency will be to lull with winds faint.



Large tides and high risk of flooding

The vigilance is required especially as we enter a period of high tides that will peak Thursday (108). These strong factors make the delicate situation. The sea looks dismantled Monday with waves of 10 meters in the Iroise Sea, 5 to 6 meters off the Aquitaine and between 3 and 5 meters in the Channel. At the time of high tides, the risk of coastal flooding promises to be very important on the coasts exposed to the dominant winds (coast of Finistere, southern Brittany and western Cotentin).

Tuesday , it was the turn of the Atlantic coasts of suffering the big wave with heights greater than 10 meters. Oceanic disturbances related to a succession of strong depressions sweeping the British Isles and France, will last. The risk of coastal flooding and will persist until the weekend near the Atlantic.

* Weather Consult is a group company Figaro

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