Wind gusts reached more than 170 km / h on the coast of the English Channel, according to the private observatory of tornadoes Keraunos.
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Up to 160,000 homes were without power, “at the height of the episode” of bad weather caused by the storm Eunice which hits the north of France, announced Friday, February 18 the manager of the Enedis network in a press release.
At 5 p.m., nearly 130,000 households were still affected, mainly in Hauts-de-France. In detail, 119,000 homes have no power in Hauts-de-France, while Normandy has 10,000 homes affected. “700 technicians are mobilized in the field to establish the necessary diagnoses and resupply customers as quickly as possible”added Enedis.
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Storm Eunice, which first hit the British Isles before hitting the mainland, adds to a series of storms that have affected Europe in recent days, including Dudley, which killed five people on Thursday. in Poland and Germany.
In France, waves sometimes exceeding nine meters have been observed in Brittany, according to Météo France, as well as gusts of wind locally reaching 176 km / h at Cap Gris-Nez, according to the private tornado observatory Keraunos. At least six people have been killed since the start of Storm Eunice, which hit Ireland, England, Belgium and the Netherlands hard.