The situation is gradually returning to normal.
Following the passage of the Aurora storm overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in northern France, tens of thousands of homes had been deprived of electricity.
This Friday noon, more than 95% of homes have been re-supplied with electricity, announces Enedis.
250,000 homes have been deprived of electricity and only 11,000 of them are still without power, mainly in Normandy.
But Enedis is hoping for a full recovery in the next few hours.
4000 technicians worked on this next return to normal.
Gusts up to 175 km / h
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Météo France had placed 17 departments on orange vigilance because of the strong winds.
They were reduced to three early in the morning before the alert was finally lifted around 11 a.m. on Thursday.
When the depression passed, 175 km / h were recorded in Fécamp and 122 km / h in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), 143 km / h in Granville (Manche), 106 km / h in Caen (Calvados)…
If this storm remains of moderate intensity, it is the most severe in France since Clara in February 2020, and the most severe during this period since 1987.
The winds lost in intensity over the morning of Thursday, specifies Météo France, as they shifted towards the east to reach Lorraine.
The strong gusts observed over Upper Normandy shifted rapidly towards south Picardy and the Paris region, before reaching Champagne-Ardenne and west Lorraine at the end of the night.