vigilance changes to yellow on Saturday, but still train difficulties

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While Météo France announced negative temperatures during the night of this Thursday 21 to Friday 22 November 2024, the conditions de circulation promised to be even more complicated in Caen and its surroundings. At the start of the afternoon on Friday November 22, traffic restrictions on the road were lifted and Météo France lowered the alert, snow and ice

The Liberté Caen editorial team has invited you to follow the evolution of the situation live since 6 a.m. relive the flow of the day.

Still 18,400 homes without electricity in Calvados

15h05. The situation is improving on the roads. Météo France has lowered the snow-ice alert, going from orange on Thursday and Friday to yellow for Saturday when a rise in temperatures is expected.

15 h. The prefecture explains that “in view of the improvement in weather conditions in Calvados, restrictions for heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are lifted across the entire department. Restrictions on school transport outside the regional council's Nomad Car network are lifted. »

14h40. In the Caen metropolitan area, “all Twisto lines are gradually resuming normal operation, including Noctibus, Flexo and the Navette Foot”. School lines 100 to 138 will not run all day, but Twisto Flex and Twisto Access services are operating normally.

14h30. Update on power cuts. At midday, Enedis announces that the number of impacted customers has fallen in Normandy, from 69,000 to 60,000, including 28,000 in Orne, 18,400 in Calvados, 7,400 in Manche, 5,500 in Eure, 700 in Seine-Maritime.

13h50. Emergency accommodation has been opened in Caen for homeless people. Our report to read below:

13h25. “The CAETANO depression affected France, and particularly Normandy,” said the SNCF in a press release. This “caused significant damage to the railway infrastructure. » Some lines have gradually resumed since midday. For Paris – Caen – Cherbourg, the resumption is planned around 5 p.m. Seven lines are particularly affected by falling trees and power outages; traffic should gradually resume from Saturday November 23. These are Paris -Trouville-Deauville; Rouen – Caen; Lisieux – Deauville-Trouville; Rouen – Amiens; Caen – Rennes; Paris – Granville and Caen -Argentan – Le Mans.

13h20. No buses today after all. The Normandy region communicates on the “gradual resumption of certain lines of the NOMAD Car network from 2 p.m. in Eure and Seine-Maritime and maintenance of the suspension in other departments”, including Calvados, Orne and La Manche .

12h. A traffic point at midday: it runs very well on the Caen ring road and on the main roads around it. Only one lane is cut, on the RN13 between Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse and Carpiquet for the storage of stationary heavy goods vehicles.

11h27. While train traffic is suspended in Normandy until 12 p.m., the Paris – Granville line is at a standstill all day. On the X network, SNCF Nomad Train publishes an impressive photo. “Power outages were observed at several network points and around 100 trees fell near the tracks. »

11:15 a.m. Salting is underway on the RN13 in both directions, from the Caen ring road exit to the English Channel over 60 km. Still on the RN13 in the Bayeux-Caen direction, we remind you that one lane is neutralized, for the storage of heavy goods vehicles, between Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse and Carpiquet.

10h58. Due to “delicate driving conditions”, warns Dirno (North West Interdepartmental Roads Directorate), salting is underway on the four-lane Caen – Falaise. It is the same on the A84, from Gouvets to Pont-Farcy.
10h55. Due to the cold, measures are being taken for people on the streets. These are “exceptional prevention measures”, specifies the Calvados prefecture. It was decided to open the two night shelters (FAST and CAP HORN) 24/7 until Monday; the opening of an emergency accommodation center in Caen until Saturday morning; the extension of day reception hours (Boussole – 8 p.m. and family reception – 6 p.m.) Thursday and

Friday, as well as the reinforcement of the Red Cross marauders in Caen, Bayeux and Vire with distribution of warm clothes and blankets.

10h53. “During yesterday (Friday), more than 50 Calvados firefighters were engaged in interventions,” informs the Calvados prefecture. “Mainly for minor traffic accidents and people stuck in their vehicles. 35 volunteers from approved civil security associations also took part in the system, in particular to meet truck drivers parked in storage areas and distribute hot drinks, with the police ensuring the safety of these storage areas. »

10h50. In a press release, the prefecture takes stock of the situation. She recalls that heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes are “banned from driving on the secondary network, the A84, the A13 and the RN13 in both directions. » Truck storage takes place in the areas of Grainville-sur-Odon (A84) “and to a lesser extent, Thue et Mue (RN13). » As for the order suspending school transport, it “is renewed until today, 12 p.m. » So many measures which “could be lifted in the morning if the weather improves. »

10h12. At 7 a.m. this Friday morning, 22,000 homes were still without electricity in Calvados, Enedis said in a press release. This is less than in Orne (32,000 customers still affected) and more than in the other departments (7,000 in Manche and Eure, 1,000 in Seine-Maritime). In total, Normandy is the region most exposed to power cuts, with 69,000 customers still affected.

Very disrupted traffic on the N13 just before Caen, from Bayeux

8h45. For a Friday morning, traffic is clear around 8:30 a.m. in the city center and in the Caen metropolitan area. Only the N13 remains congested, and vehicles are almost at a standstill.

8:07 a.m. At 8 a.m., for once, traffic is smooth on the Caen ring road. However, it is still very disrupted on the N13, coming from Bayeux. Light vehicle traffic is reduced on a single lane (right) from Putot-en-Bessin to access to the ring road and to Caen, due to the storage of heavy goods vehicles on the other lane. Traffic moves at a walking pace.

7h42. The snow fell overnight in the south of Calvados. The layer of snow would reach 20 cm thick in the bocage around Vire and in the Falaise region, where traffic would be paralyzed in certain places.

7h19. Heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes remain prohibited from driving on the main roads and the secondary network, due to the orange weather alert. On the N13 roadin the Bayeux-Caen direction, a column of trucks is kept stopped on one lane. There circulation light vehicles are being made on one laneat 30 km/h, from Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse (Thue et Mue) to Carpiquet.

7h01. In the Caen metropolitan area, the Twisto network remains very disrupted. Like this Thursday, bus lines 12, 12 express, 22, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37 and 40 remain stopped today. No additional lines will run until midday. A review will be made at 12 p.m. “to determine whether a resumption of school lines is possible to ensure the return of boarding students”.

The Twisto Flex and Twisto Access shuttles will only return to the road “from 10 a.m.”.

6h55. After a day of strike and bad weather, the SNCF is suspending the circulation of Nomad trains in Normandy until at least noon this Friday morning. “As soon as there is a lull, reconnaissance trains will run, to ensure that there are no obstacles on the tracks,” assures the SNCF. But she warns:

The normal resumption of traffic, scheduled for Friday November 22 at 12 p.m., will depend on the impacts of the storm on the tracks.

6h51. The A84 motorway remains closed to traffic in portions, near Avranches or Guilberville. Dirno teams intervene to salt the road until the morning.

6h31. School transport remains at a standstill this Friday, as was the case this Thursday. Commercial lines will not be restored until noon.
6h28. Of the flakes are announced for the south of the Calvados department this Friday morning, just as for Orne.
6h27. Forecast side : Météo France forecasts clearingsin Calvados this Friday morning. It should be the same in the afternoon. The thermometer should also rise: 2 to 3°C announced this Friday morning in Caen, 6 to 7°C in the afternoon.
6h23 . After the snowfall this Thursday, and the cold of the night, icy patches formed in places. The authorities call for cautionin your travels. Météo France has placed the five departments of Normandy on orange snow and ice alert.
6h20 . Welcome to this live to follow your traffic conditionsthis Friday, November 22, 2024 in the Caen area.

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