DIRECT. Falling trees, closed bridges… Loire-Atlantique hit hard by storm Caetano

“It only happens once every two to three years” ????

At 4 p.m., wind orange vigilance is still required. “Until 8 p.m. tonightwarns Franck Baraer, forecaster at Météo-France. Afterwards, the storm will move away, towards the Massif-Central, and lose intensity. »

By mid-afternoon, peak winds reached “between 130 and 140 km/h on the Cheviré bridge. A storm like this, with such gusts, only happens once every two or three years.”notes Franck Baraer.

A weather phenomenon linked to air mass conflicts, with very mild temperatures and others significantly cooler.