Storm Barbara swept over part of Occitania during the night of October 20 to 21, 2020. Illustration.

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Gusts to 102 km / h in Francazal, near Toulouse, to 119 km / h in Luchon, on the side of the Pyrenees… As expected, the storm Barbara swept through the Haute-Garonne during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, without however for the hour injured, according to the departmental fire and rescue service.

The firefighters carried out about fifty interventions in all, of which a dozen were still in progress this Wednesday morning, "mainly for trees and pylons torn off".

The damage is significant on the SNCF lines.

Traffic between Toulouse and Montauban / Agen, Cahors, Mazamet or Rodez is cut this Thursday morning due to fallen trees on the tracks.

The return to normal is not expected before the end of the morning and some axes are now served by substitute coaches.

🔴8h53.



❌Traffic is still interrupted on the axes mentioned below


⚠️Traffic resumption is estimated for the end of the morning



If you have any questions, it's here 📲💬⤵️ https://t.co/3vMLLhpIEp

- SNCF TER liO OCCITANIE (@TER_Occitanie) October 21, 2020

In the neighboring department of Tarn, firefighters have gone out 26 times since the start of the weather alert, "especially in the south and west sector", to intervene on falling power lines or to protect houses.

According to Enedis, 76,000 homes were deprived of electricity this Wednesday morning in the southwest of France.

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