Special envoy to Tende (Alpes-Maritimes)
“There is a quote from Charlie Chaplin that I like: 'From chaos the stars are born.' You just have to prepare to be one of them… ”
In Tende, with its 2000 souls and 178 square kilometers which make it the most extensive locality in the Alpes-Maritimes, Sonia Klein is optimistic.
"The valley is not dead, we are moving towards a reconstruction, even if it will be long"
, estimates the coach and trainer of 55 years who, since the passage of the storm Alex, on October 2, has reconverted her small gallery of art in a bicycle repair workshop.
But two months after the disaster, not everyone is happy, as the living conditions remain trying in this mountain valley.
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The railway line that connects the town to the coast, reopened on October 19 by the SNCF, has been cut again since Saturday.
A damaged structure must be consolidated and the line should remain closed until the end of the year.
Only solution: take the road, recovered
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