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Domingos storms: extensive damage affected France
Domingos storms: extensive damage affected France – (France 2)
Storm Domingos was forecast to be potentially less violent than Ciaran. But the wind gusts exceeded forecasts in Gironde, Charente, as well as Corsica.
Trees are uprooted by the storm in Rochefort (Charente-Maritime). One of them fell on the iconic century-old carousel. “We have never seen this. We have lived here for over thirty years”, testifies a woman. On the night of Sunday, November 5, violent gusts of wind swept the Atlantic coast. In La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), cars are crushed.
Homes still without electricity
In Bordeaux (Gironde), the zinc roof of a municipal swimming pool landed on the road. In Vienne, near Poitiers, residents found themselves partially plunged into darkness. 114,000 homes are still without electricity. Saturday November 4, in Finistère, an ENEDIS agent died of electrocution while repairing a service. “There is a lead cover on Pont-Aven. People are in meditation,” advances the mayor.