Hurricane Kirk in France: nearly 65,000 homes without electricity, one department on red alert and 29 others on orange

This Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Hurricane Kirk is crossing France and severe bad weather is affecting the country, depriving many homes of electricity.

It has been feared for several days, and it has arrived. Hurricane Kirk is crossing France. This has resulted in heavy rain, causing flooding and flooding. Vigi Météo France placed Seine-et-Marne on red alert this Wednesday and 29 other departments on orange alert. But these storms are not without damage.

Tens of thousands of homes without electricity

More than 64,000 customers were without electricity on Wednesday at 7 p.m. due to the Kirk depression crossing France, mainly in the South, Enedis, the distribution network manager, announced to AFP.

According to Enedis, 35,000 homes are without electricity in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 8,000 in the Landes, 7,500 in Ariège, 4,500 in the Gers, 4,400 in the Rhône, 2,100 in the Loire and as many in the Ain and 500 in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

"These are quantities that usually fall in a month"

Here are the departments affected by the orange alert this Wednesday: Alpes-Maritimes, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Ain, Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Ardennes, Marne, Aube, Oise, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines, Essonne, Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Sarthe, Indre-et-Loire and Vendée.

The Seine-et-Marne is in red for flood risks of the Grand-Morin. This is a “very significant rainy episode due to its duration and geographical scale, requiring increased monitoring because it could cause significant flooding”, the weather station indicates.

“The heaviest rains, currently present in Centre-Val-de-Loire, Ile-de-France and southern Picardy, will persist for a good part of the evening. In Champagne-Ardenne and western Lorraine, they will persist until the middle of the night. The lull is therefore slowly coming from the west. These are quantities that usually fall in a month. These precipitations are not stormy but occur in a context of already very wet soils and can therefore cause widespread flooding", details Météo France.

In images

Several Internet users share videos and photos of the bad weather in their social networks region.

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We can see that in the capital, the rain continues to fall heavily. Parisian metro users find themselves with their feet in water. Traffic on the highway near Le Bourget is also difficult. The night should be harsh in Île-de-France.

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