After the stormy episode which swept the Yonne department at the end of the day this Saturday June 29, 2024, a little more than 700 customers had to spend the night without electricity in the Tonnerre, Dannemoine, Tronchoy, Roffey sector. At the height of the bad weather, nearly 6,000 homes were deprived of power in Yonne.
The Yonne department was crossed by storms, late in the afternoon, this Saturday June 29, 2024. Bad weather which gave the Yonne firefighters and the roads department a hard time, but also to Enedis agents.
Due to a large number of trees falling on roads and high-voltage lines, around 6,000 homes were without electricity in Burgundy around 7 p.m. According to Enedis, 75% of them had power restored by 10 p.m.
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In Yonne, the most affected department, around 1,200 homes were still without electricity at 10 p.m. Tonnerrois was the most affected sector. “The teams’ progress on the ground is not easy because of the many fallen trees and the heavy waterfalls that have caused some overflows onto the roads,” says Vincent Maudou at Enedis. In other words, several hundred homes will spend the night without power.
After 10:30 p.m., Enedis announced the restoration of 240 homes in the Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye, Chêne-Arnoult, Dicy and Lucy sectors. In Dannemoine and Vézinnes, the EDF subsidiary responsible for the development and management of the network had to set up two generators to restore power to 220 homes before midnight. In summary, just over 700 customers had to spend the night without electricity in the Tonnerre, Dannemoine, Tronchoy, Roffey sector.
“The teams of drone operators, pruners, specialized teams, will be particularly mobilized from this Sunday morning at daybreak,” promised Vincent Maudou, at Enedis, in the evening.
According to Keraunos, the tornado and violent storm observatory, nearly 1,800 lightning strikes were observed in the Icaunais sky on the evening of Saturday, June 29, 2024, the vast majority of which occurred between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. The municipalities of Chablis (58) and Saint-Cyr-Les-Colons (46), Chichée (32) and Lainsecq (32) were the most affected.
Thomas Ribierre
