About 10,000 homes, especially in Finistère, were deprived of electricity Sunday in Brittany because of the passage of the storm "Dennis", according to Enedis. The department was still on orange alert at midday, as were Calvados, Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, Manche and Morbihan, according to Météo France.
"We are used to Finistère ..."
"It blows a lot, on the port it stirs, there is swell, it slaps against the ledge", testifies a restaurant manager of Concarneau, in Finistère, interviewed by Europe 1. "There are beautiful waves , beautiful photos to take. In addition the sea is high, so the waves cause spray which pass over the dikes. "
"When it starts to go over and almost cross the road, it is because there is a good tide and quite a bit of wind. You take a good shower on the ledge! But we are used to it in Finistère. .. ", continues the trader.
No injuries at the moment
According to the regional communication from Enedis, 450 agents are mobilized on the ground to restore the current. Contacted by AFP, the Breton Codis (departmental operational centers for fire and rescue) reported numerous interventions, mainly branches on the roads, without any casualties for the moment.
In the United Kingdom, the storm and its torrential rains on the other hand nail to the ground hundreds of planes, while the army is mobilized and the south of Wales on red alert, the weather there presenting a "danger of death" . As of Sunday morning, nearly 200 flood alerts had been put in place, over an area extending from the south of Scotland to Cornwall (south-west of England). At Aberdaron, in the south of Wales, winds of more than 145 km / h were recorded.