In the Paris region, traffic is currently disturbed on all RER lines A and B, and lines C, D and E are experiencing delays and cancellations. The storm gradually loses in intensity.
Le Monde with AFP
The gust of the north of France since Wednesday afternoon has progressed east at night, bringing Météo-France to place in orange vigilant vigilant 12 departments on Thursday 21 October. All the Ile-de-France is concerned, as well as the Ardennes, the Aisne, the Marne and the Meuse.
The storm, baptized “aurore”, gradually loses in intensity. It focuses on the Hauts-de-France, the Paris region and the east of the country. Two hundred and fifty thousand homes are deprived of current following the passage of the Aurore storm in the north and northwestern France, according to a provisional assessment of the Enedis electricity distribution network manager.
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disturbed transport
Disturbances are observed in transport. In the Paris region, the traffic is currently disturbed on all RER A and B lines, as well as on lines C, D and E, which are experiencing delays and cancellations.
TER traffic in the Hauts-de-France is also very strongly disturbed.
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On arrival and departure from Paris
TER traffic is very strongly disturbed.
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In Normandy, no train circulates throughout the region up to 10 hours, SNCF reported. The circulation will remain strongly disturbed due to branches on the tracks and catenaries affected in places.
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The traffic is totally interrupted on the Norman lines until 10:00 and will be strongly disturred … https://t.co/jaatzc8sg
Railway traffic is also disturbed in Brittany or in the Ardennes.
More than 130 km / h
Gusts, which have sometimes reached more than 130 km / h, caused damage difficult to evaluate ongoing. Falls of trees, particularly in the Quimperlé region (southern Finistère), resulted in road clippings. Roofs flew in places, as in the Rostrenen sector (Côtes-d’Armor). Electricity cuts and groundfalls of telephone lines were also reported.
The locally violent wind of wind in Haute-Normandy and in the south of Picardy shifts to the Paris region, Champagne and the Ardennes. Weather-France noted, over the last three hours, winds at 175 km / h in Fécamp (Seine-Maritime), 150 km / h in Cape of La Hève (Seine-Maritime), 143 km / h in Granville ( Channel), 122 km / h in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) and 106 km / h in Caen (Calvados).
The sky will remain very charged in most areas the majority of the day of Thursday. Brief periods of enlightenment will alternate with frequent cloudy passages of showers, more on the northern half of the country. Only the Mediterranean regions, the Languedoc-Roussillon coast in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region will benefit from sunny periods. After the wind of the night, the west wind will remain very present on a northern half of the country with gusts reaching 70 to 80 km / h.