32,000 people were deprived of electricity in Orne on Thursday November 21, 2024 after heavy snowfall. Heavy snow which caused “falling trees and branches on the cables”, indicates Enedis, this Friday, November 22.
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In Normandy, a thousand technicians are working to restore power. But the layer of snow, which remains thick in the countryside, makes interventions difficult. Results: many homes are still deprived of electricity, and sometimes heating.
This is the case of Linda, 44, who lives in Cuissai, near Alençon. “It all started yesterday around 4 p.m. she testifies. There were several micro-cuts, then the final cut, around 4:15 p.m. Since then, still nothing. I no longer have heating. It's 8°C in the house. Fortunately my daughter is at her dad's house, nice and warm. »
Relatives offered to take him in. “But given the state of the roads, I preferred to stay at home. And I would like to be at home when the electricity comes back, to turn off the lights that I probably left on by flicking the switches out of habit! But also to make sure that there are no electrical problems. »
Sunday evening at the latest
Linda spent an evening by candlelight, with blankets and a hot water bottle to warm up. “Luckily the hot water tank was full for the hot water bottle and instant coffee! » His freezer, on the other hand, is visibly thawing. “I'm losing everything. »
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This Friday morning, the forty-year-old managed to call EDF. “They told me to download the app to get information. The joke when we run out of battery on our cell phones and the 4G works very poorly…”
The power came back at the end of the morning at Linda's house. Others were not so lucky. Enedis aims to restore power to 90% of its customers within forty-eight hours, i.e. by Saturday evening and the rest by Sunday evening.
