The situation has not yet completely returned to normal after the passage of the storm Diego.
Around 6,000 households are still without electricity, mainly in New Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, network manager Enedis announced on Saturday evening in a new update.
Of the 70,000 homes that have been affected by power cuts since Friday evening, "6,000 customers remain to be restored, mainly in New Aquitaine, around the Gironde estuary, and in Auvergne," said Enedis.
“Following the passage of storm Diego which hit France yesterday (Friday) afternoon, today (Saturday), at 6:30 p.m., more than 90% of customers without electricity were supplied in 24 hours”, a underlined Enedis, adding that "the return to normal is expected tomorrow (Sunday) during the day".
“Significant technical and human resources” mobilized
Enedis claims to have "mobilized significant technical and human resources to intervene in the field" with the presence of "more than 1,000 technicians from Enedis and partner companies" supported in particular by "helicopters and drones", which allow " to locate the damage on the electrical network”.
Since Saturday morning, there is no longer any department on orange alert.
The forecast operator Météo-France lifted the alert on Saturday morning for “strong winds” which still concerned three departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region – Puy-de-Dôme, Loire and Haute-Loire, as for the neo-Aquitaine departments of Charente-Maritime, Vienne and Deux-Sèvres, which came out of vigilance on Friday evening.
The orange alert in Savoie for "high risk of avalanches in the high mountains" was also lifted on Saturday morning.
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Weather: Another 30,000 homes without electricity after the passage of the storm Diego
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