Europe 1 with AFP 07:33, February 18, 2022

The Eunice storm causes strong waves around Brittany on Friday morning with heights of 4 meters, after having strengthened in the Channel during the night, alerted Météo France which maintains five departments (76, 80, 62, 59, 50) in orange wind alert.

Gusts between 120 and 140 km/h are expected.

The Eunice storm causes strong waves around Brittany on Friday morning with heights of 4 meters, after having strengthened in the Channel during the night, alerted Météo France which maintains five departments (76, 80, 62, 59, 50) in orange wind alert.

In northwestern France, the wind is likely to significantly disrupt human activities.

Significant damage is expected.

Traffic conditions can be difficult locally and some disruptions can affect air, rail and sea transport.

Some damage may also affect the electricity and telephone distribution networks.

Gusts between 120 and 140km/h

The storm will cross the British Isles and then reach Denmark at the end of the day.

Associated with its passage, strong gusts of wind, around 100 to 110 km/h in the interior and 120 km/h at the coast, are expected from late morning/midday on the Cotentin, Seine-Maritime and Somme.

The most violent gusts are expected during the afternoon in Pas-de-Calais and the North, with values ​​around 120 to 140 km / h on the coasts and 100 to 120 km / h in the interior (locally 130 km/h on the heights).

Surge phenomenon this Friday

The wind will weaken in the evening, but strong gusts, up to 100 to 120 km / h, can still occur until the night from Friday to Saturday on the coasts of the Channel.

The stormy westerly to south-westerly winds will generate very strong waves and a significant rise in sea level, particularly in the eastern Channel in the middle of the day (surge phenomenon).

In the afternoon, the winds shifted to the West-North-West over the English Channel and the Atlantic coast.

A long westerly to northwesterly swell will then spread into the Bay of Biscay in the evening and next night.

In a context of high tidal coefficients (coefficient 90 in the morning, 91 in the evening), the combination of high sea levels and strong waves risks causing flooding in exposed or vulnerable areas of the coast of the departments placed on vigilance waves submersion .

The risk is greater at high tide.