A tree blown off by the wind (illustration).
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Barbara continues to wreak havoc.
The storm killed one person and deprived another 2,000 homes of electricity on Wednesday evening, according to distributor Enedis.
The sixty-year-old was stuck on Wednesday morning by a tree that collapsed on him, in his garden in Digoin in Saône-et-Loire.
Not having succeeded in freeing himself, he died of suffocation shortly after, indicated the gendarmerie of the department.
#TempeteBarbara 🌪⚠️ Situation at 7 p.m.: 3/4 of customers in the Sillon Rhodanien territories are replenished.
2,000 households are still affected by power cuts in the # Rhône, #Loire, # Ain and # Ardèche.
@enedis remains mobilized in the evening.
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- Enedis Sillon Rhodanien (@enedis_rhod) October 21, 2020
The storm, which blew the most violently in the South-West, deprived up to 76,000 homes of electricity, according to a count made by Enedis.
Among them, 15,000 are located in Auvergne, said the group.
By 7 p.m., that number had dropped to 2,000 homes.
Safety tips
The distributor "has triggered its Rapid Electricity Intervention Force (FIRE) which makes it possible to mobilize employees from neighboring regions to restore electricity as quickly as possible in the areas concerned".
Enedis also reminds the public not to “touch an earth wire” and, if an individual generator is used, to place it outside the home and then to think about cutting the circuit breaker.
Any abnormal incident can be reported to Enedis "via the number 09.726.750 + department digits".
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