Storm Kirk: 1 death, downed trees, 67,000 homes without electricity… Update on the situation this Thursday morning

Storm Kirk will move away from France this Thursday. His passage through our country, from the Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire to the Grand Est, has left its mark. There is one casualty and at this stage, it does not appear to have caused any major damage despite significant wind gusts. We take stock of the situation.

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DIRECT. Storm Kirk: 1 death, 67,000 homes without electricity, Seine-et-Marne on red alert, follow the situation in real time

Seine-et-Marne still on red alert

Météo France maintained, in its 6 a.m. bulletin, the red alert for Seine-et-Marne due to the “strong to exceptional” flood of the Grand Morin river. This tributary of the Seine has been out of its bed since Wednesday afternoon.

6 departments remain placed on Orange flood alert but none in the South-West: Deux-Sèvres, Eure-et-Loir, Orne, Sarthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vendée. In Paris, with 65 mm of precipitation, it has never been so much in autumn since 1920

The storm leaves France, the rain continues

During the night, Storm Kirk swept across the Center, the Morvan plateaus (Burgundy), Franche-Comté and the Lorraine plateaus. Wind gusts were expected to exceed 100 km/h. This Thursday morning, heavy rain and strong winds will move away towards Luxembourg and Germany. The rains will nevertheless continue to water the Alps and the Jura.

A death off the coast of Sète

A boater died off the coast of Sète and another is in absolute emergency after the strong swell shaking the coasts of Hérault capsized three boats, according to the Hérault prefecture. The shipwreck occurred near the port. Large emergency resources were mobilized: Dragon 34 helicopter, customs launch, land and nautical resources from Sdis 34 and SAMU 34.

Hospital flooded, trees on the road, roads cut

1 month of precipitation was expected in 24 hours between Vendée and Champagne-Ardennes. In Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, in Vendée, the hospital center was affected by a flood. Many roads were flooded in many sectors of the Loire-Atlantique department.

A falling tree caused the closure of the A64 between Capvern and Tournay in the Toulouse-Tarbes direction for 1 hour on Wednesday evening. The heavy rainfall caused flooding of the A11 motorway and a cutoff in the direction of Paris in Eure-et-Loir.

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Storm Kirk: a tree falls on the A64, traffic interrupted for 1 hour between Capvern and Tarbes

In Lyon, where the wind blew at 113 km/h, an imposing tree fell on a playground, fortunately empty. Part of the facade of a building flew away in the 2nd arrondissement. Trolley bus cables suffered from the storm.

In Paris, infiltrations led to the start of flooding of the premises of the National Assembly.

67,000 customers without electricity

More than 67,000 customers were deprived of electricity on Wednesday evening, mainly in the South-West. The Pyrénées-Atlantiques was the most affected department with 35,000 homes without power. There were 8000 in Landes, 7500 in Ariège, 4500 in Gers, 4400 in Rhône, 2100 in Loire and as many in Ain and 500 in Hautes-Pyrénées. The figure will be updated in the morning.

SNCF traffic: towards a return to normal

The SNCF carried out track reconnaissance this Thursday morning in New Aquitaine. Trees on the tracks have been reported in Limousin. In Occitanie, SNCF traffic is normal. The SNCF had interrupted train traffic on several lines for safety on Wednesday afternoon in New Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire and Rhône-Alpes. In New Aquitaine, no trains ran between Dax and Tarbes, Bayonne and Hendaye, Saintes and Royan.