Trains, roads: traffic still difficult this Friday after the Caetano storm, the departments where things get stuck

Between 2 and 8 cm of snow fell on Thursday, up to 10 or even 15 cm “on the first heights”, details Météo-France, while “in Corse recorded 150 km/h on the coast of Balagne and 160 to 180 km/h in the north of Cap Corse. In the Doubs“significant disruptions and traffic interruptions occurred on the A36 due to heavy goods vehicles stuck across the road,” the prefecture announced this Friday morning. School transport is suspended in the department until midday for Montbéliard area agglomeration.

Accidents and heavy goods vehicles prohibited

Other departments announced on Thursday evening the suspension of school buses until midday. More broadly, the circulation of heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes is prohibited on the motorway. A36 in both directions between Mulhouse and Saint-Vit until 10 a.m.

Accidents also took place around Orléansreported Vinci Autoroutes. On the'A10“an accident between two heavy goods vehicles makes it impossible to drive northwards, between Meung-sur-Loire and Orléans”, specifies the highway manager. In Loire-Atlantiquefirefighters intervened approximately 300 times during the storm, which caused 13 minor injuries in the department.

More than a thousand agents from the electricity network manager are working to restore power while 270,000 people were deprived of electricity according to the latest report from Enedis at 6 p.m. Thursday. Rail traffic will also remain disrupted, as trees have fallen on tracks.

No trains in Normandy

Trains will not run in Normandie until noon “time to pass the reconnaissance trains and carry out clearances and repairs”, indicated the SNCF Thursday evening. In Loire region“the region was very affected by falling trees”. “Traffic is gradually resuming on Nantes-Angers”, on the other hand, “the other lines of the Nantes star will not be able to resume until tomorrow during the day”. “In Ile-de-Francethere remain disruptions on line P between Tournan and Coulommiers, L2 between Garches Marnes la C and St Nom la Brétèche and line T13 for the entire evening,” said the SNCF.