Some 170,000 homes were left without power Saturday morning in the Rhône-Alpes after heavy snowfall, a slight improvement over Friday night, announces the network manager Enedis. Difficulties are concentrated in Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, in the Loire and the Rhone, adds Enedis, stating that 2,200 of its agents are mobilized to try to restore the situation despite a difficulty to "access the works".
The early snow that fell on these departments Thursday is heavy, full of water and broken many power lines. The situation is improving from hour to hour: in the night from Friday to Saturday, electricity was restored for 20,000 homes and, in the day of Friday, 140,000 had already been able to find light and heating.
TER lines still disturbed Saturday morning
In addition, the authorities have identified "places of life" to recharge as a priority, whether through the network or with generators. As a result, "650 generators are being installed or routed," says Enedis in a situation report.
SNCF side, TER lines remained disrupted Saturday morning with including the line Valence-Grenoble interrupted until Tuesday, the Lyon-Grenoble line until Monday (by then, possibility to pass by Chambéry to make the connection). The link Valencia-Gap should resume only Sunday.