Ciara, who killed 6 people in Europe, has unfortunately kept its promises. The east, largely swept by the storm recorded record gusts. In the Vosges mountains, at Markstein, the wind has blown up to 177 km / h, according to Météo France. In Strasbourg, we recorded up to 121 km / h… and major damage.
In the Bas-Rhin, six people were slightly injured. In the Alsatian capital, a tree fell on two cars, slightly injuring two women aged 45 and 57. In the Haut-Rhin, the prefecture reports "three injured" taken care of by the firefighters.
Some wind values recorded #Ciarastorm:
▶ ️ 177km / h Markstein ridge
▶ ️ 165km / h Gatteville le Phare
▶ ️ 164km / h Vagney
▶ ️ 139km / h Granville
▶ ️ 139km / h Cap-Gris Nez
▶ ️ 135km / h Houdelaincourt
▶ ️ 134km / h Saint Vaast-la-Hougue
▶ ️ 131km / h Buhl-Lorraine
📸 Pointe de Landunvez pic.twitter.com/uHFNajNnIg
Two people were also affected in Meurthe-et-Moselle. In this department, the prefecture suspended school transport all morning taking into account "the numerous interventions in progress on the road network".
In addition, a pedestrian in Louvroil, near Maubeuge (North), was struck by a billboard while traveling on the public highway. He was taken to hospital in serious condition. This brings the number of injured to at least twelve.
Still in the North, firefighters counted more than 1,500 interventions related to the storm, including more than 400 on Monday. They intervened in particular on the facade of a hotel located near Lille Europe station, which "threatened to collapse on the public highway from a height of more than 50 m".
Newsletter - The essentials of the news
Every morning, the news seen by Le ParisienI'm registering
Your email address is collected by Le Parisien to allow you to receive our news and commercial offers. Find out more
In Normandy, Hauts-de-France and Grand-Est, around 40,000 homes remained without electricity at the end of the day Monday, a figure down from the peak of 130,000 homes affected by cuts at the start morning, according to Enedis' calculations.
Up to 200 km / h expected in Corsica
Surprisingly, in Bastia in Corsica, it has never been so hot at this time of year. "Associated with the storm, Bastia broke its record for high temperature with 24.6 ° C", this Monday at 8:30 am, reports Météo France. "Beating 24.3 ° C on February 4 linked to the Hervé storm", continues the organization.
🌬️ Who sows the wind reap sweetness!
Associated with the storm #Ciara, #Bastia broke its record for high T ° C with 24.6 ° C (prov. Value), beating 24.3 ° C on February 4 linked to the storm # Hervé.
* ⃣ Old record: 02/27/1990: 23.9 ° C associated with the storm #Viviane.
📸 Borgo pic.twitter.com/D6WmkOUp1r
But it should also be affected by the storm. Because if Ciara leaves the northern half of the country where the orange alert for 15 eastern departments has been lifted, it should intensify in the South where three departments have been placed on orange alert due to strong winds, until at 120-130 km / hour. In the south-east of the island, gusts were expected to reach nearly 200 km / h at the highest in the night from Monday to Tuesday, on the exposed headlands, warns Météo France.
London-New York in less than 5 hours
However, the effects of the storm can sometimes make people happy. On Sunday, an airliner broke a record on the New York – London route. The aircraft, a Boeing 747-400 category of British Airways took 4:56 to connect the two cities against about 6 hours in normal time.
On social networks, impressive videos are emerging, showing the strength of the winds and waves that submerge the dikes, from Concarneau (Finistère) to Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais) via Saint-Malo (Ille- et-Vilaine). Among the most impressive, the tides of sea foam and sea spray which submerge the ports, as in Penmarch (Finistère) filmed by journalists of the Telegram, or in Boulogne (Pas-de-Calais), captured by our sisters of The voice of the North. Some children take the opportunity to play in what looks very like snow.