The consequences of bad weather.
Around 20,000 Breton homes, including 10,000 in Ille-et-Vilaine, were without electricity this Monday afternoon following a gust of wind which also disrupted rail traffic, announced Enedis and the SNCF.
“Brittany continues to be exposed to significant winds and the depression is now evacuating towards the east of the region, including Ille-et-Vilaine,” Enedis said in a press release sent to AFP.
Around 2:30 p.m., around 10,000 homes in Ille-et-Vilaine, 5,000 in Morbihan and 2,500 in Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor found themselves without electricity.
There are “700 technicians who are currently working on the ground in order to be able to restore our customers as quickly as possible (including 150 employees of service providers)”, continues the network manager.
The weather conditions also disrupted Breton rail transport.
Wind vigilance in #Brittany 💨@enedis reminds you of the #safety instructions to follow and #Troubleshooting number if necessary, be vigilant https://t.co/nw8OgJhUoq pic.twitter.com/nceb5Vm9qi
— Enedis in Brittany (@enedis_bretagne) February 26, 2024
On
Train delays
On the Guingamp/Saint-Brieuc axis, six TER trains were canceled due in particular to falling trees on the tracks and six TGVs, on the Rennes-Brest axis, suffered “significant delays”, according to the communication. regional SNCF, with a return to normal expected in the middle of the afternoon.
🟢Train circulation will resume very gradually.
Traffic remains very disrupted.
➡️The resumption time for traffic is estimated at 12:30 p.m.
➡️The @SNCFReseau teams carried out the repair of the electrical installations on both tracks.
https://t.co/dmeOroDKON
— TER BreizhGo (@TERBreizhGo) February 26, 2024
Last week, storm Louis had already plunged up to 90,000 homes into darkness, mainly located “in a large part of northern France”.