another 2,700 homes without electricity in the Channel

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Although the snow is starting to melt in the Channel, the significant falls of November 21 and 22, 2024 are still having an impact the daily life of residents of the department.

Thus, this Saturday at 8 a.m., some 2,700 Enedis customers were still deprived of electricity due to the passage of the Caetano storm. There were 19,000 of them on Thursday evening.

Nearly 1,000 people mobilized

“The electricity distribution network faced strong winds and (sticky) snowfall which caused falling trees or from branches on the cables. More than 80% of customers who had been deprived of electricity were replenished by the teams,” recalls Enedis.

While 47,000 households were still without power on Saturday morning, the Normandie is one of the most affected regions with Loire region. In our region, l’Orne is the most impacted department with 9,400 without electricity on Saturday morning.

Nearly 1,000 people are mobilized across Normandy to restore electricity as quickly as possible, including 200 field staff in the Channel. “Helicopters and drones are also mobilized to carry out diagnostics in the most affected areas. »

Enedis aims to restore power to more than 90% of customers affected by the storm by Saturday evening and the rest on Sunday evening. There crisis unitinstalled at Enedis headquarters, operates 24/7.

Furthermore, the circulation des trains on the Granville-Rennes lines et Paris-Granville are respectively not expected to resume until at least November 24 and 25. This will happen gradually.

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