The bad weather mobilized the firefighters of the Channel this Saturday. At 8:30 p.m., they had already identified 84 interventions since the beginning of the afternoon, including 17 in progress. Relief was mobilized throughout the department to tiles torn off, branches and electric wires on the public highway, or even floods.
In Rauville-La-Bigot, near Bricquebec, a telephone pole fell on the road causing a traffic accident near the place called Valchien. The three occupants of the vehicle are unharmed.
131 km / h in Granville
It must be said that the wind blew hard this Saturday in the English Channel. A gust of 131 km / h was recorded at the Pointe du Roc in Granville. In Carolles, roofs were damaged : a municipal decree must be posted this Sunday to prohibit walking on avenue des Tamaris and the promenade by fear of falling slates and weakened objects. There were also 109 at Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue, 108 at Cap de La Hague or 103 at Carteret.
The Channel remains placed in yellow vigilance for strong wind, thunderstorms, rain-floods and floods until at least Sunday morning. Due to the heavy rains of the last few hours, the level of the Vire could rise in the area of the Gourfaleur bridge, near Saint-Lô.