Due to these winds, 18 interventions were carried out by the firefighters for various operations linked mainly to the removal of objects, 7 interventions for events due to electricity including an intervention in Asasp-Arros at 3 p.m. which caused a fire small-scale natural area due to the fall of a tree on a high-voltage line (HTA). 30 subscribers were still deprived of electricity for approximately 2 hours.
Finally, a significant intervention took place at 4:30 p.m. for a road accident following the fall of a tree on a light vehicle. 5 people were in the vehicle at the time, but none of them were injured.
“The lull that has begun will not last,” indicates the services of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques prefecture. Still linked to the passage of the “Bert” depression further north, the southerly wind was expected to strengthen again during the night from Sunday to Monday with gusts reaching once again stormy values in the mountains and being able to surge up to 'at the bottom of the valley. Note that the Basque Country and the plains will not be affected by this strong gale.
More than 150 km/h on crests
In this episode, which places the 64 on yellow alert, between the start of the night from Sunday to Monday and late Monday morning, the department should record gusts generally between 110 and 130 km/h in medium mountains (around 1,500/ 1,800 m) and more than 150 km/h on crests.
These gusts surge locally in the valley floors to reach 80 to 90 km/h, very occasionally 100 km/h. Going towards the very nearby foothills, gusts can reach 60 to 80 km/h. The weather services then announce a clear calm in the west at the end of the morning this Monday with the passage of a rainy front shifting the wind to the western sector at most moderate.
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