An oak tree falls under the weight of snow on a Channel road: traffic completely blocked

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The snow that has been falling since Thursday November 21, 2024 in the East Channel sticky, heavy and wet.

A 300 year old oak

Ce Friday November 22, 2024she caused the fall of a tree on departmental 33 between Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre and Saint-Pois. There traffic is completely blocked since mid-morning.

According to Stéphane Dodard, the owner encountered on the scene, it is a oak at least 300 years old. In its sector of the south of the Channel, the roads are impassable and of many residents are without electricity.

As his motheraged 87 and who lives 1 km away, whom he welcomes into his home because she is without electricity and without heating since 2 p.m. Thursday.

The Department's teams are mobilized to make the main and secondary roads passable. According to Enedis' latest update at 7 a.m., another 7,000 homes are without electricity in the Channel. There were 19,000 on Thursday.

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