It is in the department of Orne that the situation is the most complicated. Traffic conditions remain very difficult. “It started snowing again and the roads became white againsaid this morning Frédéric Farigoulle, director of road management at the Orne Departmental Council. We have started treating the roads again by salting them“. Around thirty winter treatment machines are engaged by the departmental council.
The circulation of school transport in Orne is prohibited by prefectural decree, as well as that of the circulation of heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on the entire road network of the department of Orne, national and departmental (exceptions for certain transport as well as for the transport of heavy goods vehicles outside the department by the security forces). The Orne gendarmerie invites motorists to limit their travel.
In total, according to the prefecture, 107 interventions were carried out Thursday by the department's firefighters. We identify 25 road accidentswithout gravity, linked to snow, and 32 tree falls. Note that traffic is prohibited in forest areas.
36,500 homes are without electricity in Orne. The cut is total for 50 municipalities in the department. The return to service should take several days, indicates the prefecture. National reinforcements arrive from Paris from Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Any incident or anomaly must be reported to 09 726 750 61. The telephone network is also defective in places.
For now, no trains are running this Friday morning throughout Normandy. Yesterday evening, two Paris-Granville trains found themselves blocked at Argentan station. 400 passengers were taken care of for the night.
The extreme cold plan was triggered by the prefect of Orne, until Monday November 25, 2024.
The situation in Calvados
The situation is a little less complicated in the department of Calvados. But due to significant risk of refreezing tonight, restrictions linked to heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes and to school transport are maintained.
THE heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are prohibited from driving on the RN13, the A84, the A13, the N158, as well as on the entire secondary road network of the department. The order suspending school transport is extended until this Friday, November 22 at noon.
THE school transport lines are they suspended in the five Normandy departments until 12 p.m. Decision of the Normandy Region “with regard to meteorological developments and in particular the risk of ice“. The community indicates that it will do everything possible to ensure, this afternoon, a partial resumption of school lines so as to allow internal students to return home.
Regarding the commercial linesa partial recovery is also hoped for this afternoon, following a situation update which will take place at the end of the morning. Consult the latest information on the NOMAD website – Normandy mobility network
https://nomad.normandie.fr/…/information-circulation… on the Nomad Car Normandie app and on the Car.nomad account.
Several thousand homes are also deprived of electricity in Calvados. 26,500 according to a report drawn up Thursday evening.
