Europe 1 with AFP 4:12 p.m., January 16, 2023
This Monday, the storm Gérard will have made a victim.
A sexagenarian died in Gironde after hitting a fallen tree during the night.
The winds linked to the depression also led to power cuts for 2,500 homes according to the network manager Enedis Aquitaine Nord.
A sixty-year-old motorist died on Monday in Gironde after hitting a fallen tree during the night, "probably" because of the winds linked to the winter depression which affected a large quarter of northwestern France, firefighters said.
The latter were called around 7 a.m. to Saint-Mariens, north of Bordeaux, for a road accident and found a 62-year-old man dead in his car.
⚠️ The #Gironde department is placed on #vigilanceJAUNE for risks:
️ storms until 9
a.m. ️ wind ️
rain-flood
waves-submersion
Be careful in your travels and outdoor activities.
Follow developments https://t.co/0OIifYVKngpic.twitter.com/jOlidB5luj
– Prefect of New Aquitaine and Gironde (@PrefAquitaine33) January 16, 2023
>> READ ALSO -
Violent winds from storm Gérard disrupt the northwest quarter of France
90,000 customers without electricity
The winds linked to the depression called Gérard also led to power cuts for 2,500 homes, in Gironde (1,200), Dordogne (1,000) and Lot-et-Garonne (300), according to the network manager Enedis Aquitaine Nord.
Some 90,000 customers were without electricity Monday at 11 a.m., two-thirds of them in the west of the country, according to Enedis.