Even though we know it, we don't expect it, the landscape is so confusing. This Thursday, October 31, 2024, we took the road, towards Lessay, The Hague and the surrounding towns, to see how this sector had evolved since the storm passed. Ciaranon the night of Wednesday 1is to Thursday November 2, 2023. And when we turned towards Saint-Patrice-de-Claids (Manche), we took a break.
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Regeneration in 2025-2026
Where just a year ago there were hundreds of trees, the earth is now bare. Except pyramids of trunks, ready to be loaded by truck. In November 2023, Mayor Jean-Luc Launay estimated that 80% of the 72 hectares of forest belonging to the municipality were destroyed.
If the example of Saint-Patrice-de-Claids is the most striking, the roads towards Lessay or Pirou are lined with solid stumped plants, lying down, felled by the power of Ciaran. While the blown-off roofs have been covered and the buildings have been secured, suggesting that the storm is gradually becoming a distant memory, the call of the forests indicates that this is not the case. Especially since the regeneration project will not begin until 2025-2026, indicated the National Forestry Office.
