Falling trees damaged the electricity network of thousands of homes, Enedis announced.
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Around 1,600 homes were still without electricity on the evening of Friday March 29, after the Nelson depression passed through Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, after a peak of 6,000 homes affected. The Rhône and Ain are the most affected, due to strong winds, electricity network manager Enedis told AFP. Resupply operations were still underway in the evening, with around a hundred Enedis technicians mobilized on the ground.
“Falling trees and flying branches damaging the electricity network lines are the main consequences of the passage of this depression”, explained Enedis in a report drawn up at 3 p.m. Friday. Several dozen generators were also being transported.
Regional rail traffic also experienced disruptions, notably due to falling trees, according to the X account (ex-Twitter) of TER SNCF of the Aura regionwhich warns that “until Sunday March 30, weather conditions could disrupt train and coach traffic.”
Météo France recorded winds of up to 112 km/h in Lyon Bron (Rhône), 111 km/h in Saint-Étienne (Loire), 106 km/h in Grenoble (Isère), or even 131 km/h in Chamrousse (Isère) at 1,730 meters above sea level.
