The worst of Storm Ciaran is expected from midnight. Breton meteorologists speak of “exceptional levels”.
Storm Ciaran hit the French coasts, particularly Brittany. According to France Bleu Breizh Izel, Morbihan firefighters carried out 105 interventions in the department, according to a first count around 10 p.m. Wednesday November 1.
Currently, there are 40 trees fallen on the roads of Morbihan, electricity is also cut in certain Breton municipalities. France Bleu Breizh Izel reminds that Thursday will be complicated in terms of transport: there will be no train, nor plane in particular. Trash will not be collected and newspapers The Telegram And West France will also not be distributed.
The mayor of Ploemer indicated live on France Bleu that two campsites had been evacuated “in accordance with the recommendations of the prefecture”. This represents 250 people, around 40 of whom have been sheltered. Earlier in the evening, residents of Treffiagat (Finistère) also had to be evacuated from around twenty houses on Wednesday due to the dune weakened by the last high tides.
“Exceptional levels”, according to Breton meteorologists
Concerning the wind speed, at 9 p.m., Météo Bretagne indicated having recorded nearly 150 km/h in northern Finistère, with 148 km/h recorded at Pointe Saint-Matthieu, 134 km/h at Belle-Ile, 129 km /h at Pointe du Raz and Ouessant, or 122 km/h at Penmarc’h.
According to the French Observatory for Storms and Tornadoes (Keraunos), 151 km/h was recorded, Wednesday, November 1 in the evening, at the Môles des Noires pier, in Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine). “150 km/h on the Chausey Islands, 141 km/h at Pointe du Roc, 130 km/h in Ouessant”, also details the observatory on X (formerly Twitter).
The worst of the storm is expected from midnight. Breton meteorologists talk about “exceptional levels”that is to say inland, “between 120 and 140 km/h for Côtes-d’Armor, Morbihan and Finistère”. But even more, up to 150 km/h “in the interior of Léon and the Crozon peninsula”.
In anticipation of the aftermath of storm Ciaran, which is currently affecting Morbihan, and for your safety, the prefect of Morbihan has issued an order prohibiting access to the woods and massifs of Morbihan from Wednesday November 1 and until new order. As a reminder, Morbihan is placed on orange alert for wind, rain-flooding and waves-submersion. Finistère, Côtes-d’Armor and Manche are on red alert for wind.