update on the damage in the departments affected

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Storm Eunice continued to blow Friday afternoon February 18 in northern France, with five departments placed on orange alert for strong winds, Nord (59), Manche (50), Pas-de-Calais ( 62), Somme (80), and Seine-Maritime (76). The orange vigilance for submersion waves has been lifted for Pas-de-Calais, Somme and Seine-Maritime. Here is the update on the situation at 5 p.m., according to our information.

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TER traffic is interrupted until Saturday February 19, indicated the SNCF in Hauts-de-France on its Twitter account, with the exception of a few lines north of Paris, towards Beauvais, Amiens or Laon.

North

Fifteen injured, including two serious, were identified by firefighters in the North department following falling objects and trees. A road accident resulted in three minor injuries and one serious.

Lille-Lesquin airport (Nord) interrupted flights until at least 6 p.m. A plane from Toulouse “is on the ground with the passengers who remain on board, we cannot get them out safely”, said an airport official shortly after 4 p.m., adding that flights were being diverted to other airports.

All buses and metros in the metropolis of Lille have been interrupted “due to many objects on the roadway”, reports France Bleu Nord. 481 construction sites and 68 interventions have been recorded at this time by the firefighters of the North.

At 1 p.m., the coastal ports were shut down as a precaution, including that of Dunkirk, indicates the prefecture.

Handle

These are in “the most extreme places in the Cotentin” than “the winds are the strongest, the waves are the strongest”, said Friday afternoon the prefect of the Channel, Frédéric Perissat, on franceinfo. The tidal coefficient is 91.

A record gust of 134 km / h was recorded in the morning in Barfleur (Manche), reports France Bleu Cotentin.

Pas-de-Calais

The A25 motorway in the Dunkirk-Lille direction was cut and was to be cut off until at least 7 p.m., due to a heavy goods vehicle lying on the tracks. Traffic was also disrupted on the A26 and A16. The Boulonnais viaducts are closed to traffic. Power cuts were recorded across the department.

500 firefighters were mobilized and carried out more than 300 interventions in the department, to rescue, among other things, six people who were slightly injured.

Ferry traffic with the United Kingdom was “suspended by the companies” after the departure of a last boat around 9.30 a.m., according to the captaincy of the port of Calais, a decision which will be “re-evaluated” as the weather changes.

A gust of wind at more than 173 km / h was noted around 3 p.m. at Cap Gris-Nez (Pas-de-Calais).

Seine Maritime

In Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), gusts of up to 120 km / h were expected this afternoon, according to France Bleu Normandie. At 4:30 p.m., 10,000 homes were without electricity in the department.

Filtering was carried out on the Tancarville bridge, indicates the prefecture. Disturbances and slowdowns were therefore to be expected on the A131 due to filtering and on the D982 due to the influx of heavy goods vehicles deviated towards Brotonne.

A truck lay down on the Normandy bridge, linking Le Havre to Honfleur: traffic was interrupted around 3 p.m., as well as on the Grand Canal viaduct in Le Havre.

Sum

At 4 p.m., 15,000 homes were without electricity throughout the Somme department. Firefighters have intervened more than 150 times since the start of the storm, with winds strengthening on Friday afternoon. The emergency services had to deal with falling trees or electric poles on the roads, flying off roofs, falling chimneys. Several roads were cut due to falling trees or electric poles. Four heavy goods vehicles lay down on the road.

At the beginning of the afternoon, the high seas did not generate overflows on the coastal municipalities, indicates the prefecture in a press release. The firefighters intervened 13 times for falling objects, which did not cause any injuries.


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