Two days after the terrible floods that hit the Southeast, the electricity grid is far from being fully restored.
The spokesperson of Enedis, Bernard Castille, affirms that its teams on site are encountering great difficulties due to the closure of certain roads.
Sunday evening in the hinterland of Nice, after the bad weather that had occurred two days earlier, some villages are still cut off from the world.
9,300 homes are deprived of electricity and 300 Enedis technicians are mobilized to restore power as quickly as possible.
At the microphone of Europe 1, the company's spokesperson, Bernard Castille, explained the difficulties with which his agents were confronted: "we must be aware that in some places the network is completely destroyed, so we will have to rebuild and it's going to be a long process. "
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"Our priority is to supply places where people live"
According to Bernard Castille, since Friday, electricity has been restored in all accessible areas.
The objective is therefore now to replenish the homes that are in non-accessible areas.
"As currently the land lines of communication are not yet cleared, we have organized helicopter rotations to replenish 2,000 today."
If this figure may seem limited, the spokesperson reminds that the teams are facing great difficulties during their interventions.
In addition, the habitat is extremely fragmented in the affected areas.
"Our priority is to supply living spaces and water pumping stations to bring back vital elements for the population."
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The work will take time, he admits: "we hope that from tomorrow we will be able to have road access which will allow us to be able to bring our heavy machinery to work."
The disaster is such that some schools in the Alpes-Maritimes will remain closed at the start of the week.