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Two trees uprooted by Storm Kirk.
WEATHER – Sad images. Storm Kirk, which intensifies and moves towards the Ile de France this Wednesday, October 9 in the evening, leaves behind impressive initial damage. Its gusts of up to more than 200 km/h and its torrential rains led to spectacular tree falls, dangerous floods and flooding in places.
Around thirty departments in the northern half and the east are on orange alert for the night from Wednesday to Thursday. One department, Seine-et-Marne, has been placed on red alert due to a significant risk of flooding. School transport was suspended there for the day on Thursday, the prefecture said.
According to Enedis, Storm Kirk deprived more than 64,000 customers of electricity in France. Most are located in the South, where the storm raged this Wednesday before moving further north. Thus around 35,000 homes are without electricity in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 8,000 in the Landes, 7,500 in Ariège, 4,500 in the Gers and 4,400 in the Rhône.
Trees uprooted after Kirk’s passage
These power cuts can be explained in particular by falling trees on high voltage lines. On social networks, images of uprooted trees multiply as the storm gains ground. The Basque Country is particularly affected, as you can see below.
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Impressive tree falls were also noted in the Lyon region. Météo France noted gusts of 113 km/h during the day on Wednesday.
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The danger of floods and floods
According to Météo France, the rains brought by Kirk caused a month of rain in places this Wednesday. The Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire are particularly affected, with 73 mm recorded in Nantes between early this morning and 7 p.m. this evening, 76 mm in Pornic, and 79 mm in Noirmoutier. In the region, rail traffic is severely disrupted, because “ heavy rains led to flooding on the tracks »explains the SNCF.
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In the town of Saint-Brévin, a resident was seen swimming across a flooded street, Ouest-France report, as you can see below. This behavior is nevertheless dangerous; it is recommended to stay as far away from flooded areas as possible, whether on foot or by car.
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As the storm moves towards the north of the country, the towns of Ile de France are in turn flooded, such as that of Rambouillet.
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Paris has also been experiencing intense showers since midday, so much so that certain access points to the metro are flooded this Wednesday evening, reports meteorologist Guillaume Séchet.
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“The heaviest rain, currently present in Centre-val-de-Loire, Île-de-France and southern Picardy, will persist for a good part of the evening”warns Météo France in its most recent bulletin. “In Champagne-Ardenne and west-Lorraine they persist until the middle of the night”specifies the forecaster, noting that the lull is slowly occurring in the west of the country.
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