Weather France has launched a new warning bulletin Saturday afternoon and calls for greater vigilance in passing a new winter storm. Fourteen departments are placed in amber alert: Charente-Maritime (17), Cotes d’Armor (22), Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Indre (36), Indre-et-Loire (37), Loire-Atlantique (44), Maine-et-Loire (49), Deux-Sèvres (79), Vendée (85) Vienne (86) Gers (32) Landes (40), Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) and Hautes-Pyrénées ( 65). Finistere and Morbihan, affected in the morning is no longer involved.
Besides, the passage of the storm caused power outages in both Breton departments. There were 21,000 people without power Saturday morning, according to a review ERDF in mid-day. The rain fell heavily all morning Saturday in Morbihan, including valves. The center, to the market is slightly flooded, with 2 or 3 cm of water in the streets. The wind was also strong, bringing down some fences.
In the early afternoon, Weather France has identified wind gust up to 133 km / h in Chemoulin in Loire-Atlantique, 130 km / h in Penmarc’h in the same département.Ces winds were to persist until late afternoon before gradually weaken in the evening. In the Southwest, is expected gusts of 100 to 120 kh / h on the coast.
The Gironde and Landes are on alert because of the risk of flood .
See also: In Gironde, the Garonne River threatens to overflow: the orange flood vigilance maintained
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