A gust at 106 km/h at the island of Yeurecorded mid-morning, this Thursday, November 21, by Weather Sky. Another at 119 km/h in Saint-Nazaire and 134 km/h at Chemoulin point. Storm Caetano is blowing across Vendée and Loire-Atlantique, with no significant damage reported by emergency services around 11 a.m.
In Vendéefirefighters carried out less than ten interventions for falling trees and covering roofs. Town halls were asked to remove branches from certain roads, around fifteen such interventions. No corner of the department is spared: Les Epesses in the bocage, Avrillé, a retro-coastal commune, or even Petosse, in the South-Vendée, or Rives-de-l'Yon in the Yonnais region.
In Loire-AtlantiqueGuérande peninsula, tree falls are reported in Batz-sur-Mer and Pouliguen. A tree fell on a car on Atlantic Boulevard.
Traffic restrictions on various bridges
Furthermore, this strong gust of wind leads to traffic restrictions on the Saint-Nazaire and Cheviré bridges, in Nantes, with a traffic ban for vehicles over 2 meters high, vehicles with caravans or trailers, transporting hazardous materials or even motorized two-wheelers. Concerning the Noirmoutier bridge, in Vendée, vehicles over 2 meters high cannot use it for the moment.
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