Some flights departing from Calvi and Bastia, in Haute-Corse and all departures and arrivals at the port of Bastia were canceled this Wednesday due to violent winds which led Météo-France to place the island on orange alert for the entire period. daytime. At Bastia-Poretta airport, the flight to Lyon, scheduled for 11:00 a.m., and the return, scheduled for 2:50 p.m., are canceled. In Calvi (Haute-Corse), flights to Marseille and Nice this Wednesday morning were also canceled.
“Due to unfavorable weather conditions, all stops on Wednesday are canceled“, for its part indicated the port of Bastia on its Facebook page. The shipping company Corsica Linea therefore specifies that the Bastia – Marseille crossing, scheduled for Wednesday, is replaced by an Ajaccio-Marseille crossing and that the schedules for some crossings are modified Wednesday and Thursday.
A road in Cap Corse, in the north of the island, was also cut off by a falling tree, without causing any injuries, according to firefighters. “The wind was strong last night on Balagne, Cape Corsica and part of the central terrain and will continue to blow for a good part of the day.“, noted Météo-France, with notably gusts of 150 and 180 km/h on Cape Corsica. The westerly wind should gradually calm down in the evening, detailed Météo-France.
Due to these violent winds, school transport and intercity transport services operated by the Corsican Community (CDC) are not provided. The two prefectures of Corsica invite everyone to limit their movements and speed on the roads, not to walk in the forest or on the coast and to be vigilant, in town, of possible falling objects.
In Corsica-du-Sud, the prefecture adds that this episode of violent winds “induces a high risk of fire”, announcing the ban on the use of fire from Tuesday to Friday inclusive.
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