After torrential rains in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Wednesday afternoon, “
1000 homes are still to be resupplied this Thursday morning
”, indicates Enedis to
Figaro
.
The electricity manager continues that at "
the height of the stormy episode, just over 10,000 customers were impacted mainly in the departments of Ain and Loire
".
Technicians are currently at work to restore electricity as quickly as possible to the affected areas.
Electricity should be restored in the morning “
for the majority
” of homes “
and by the end of the day for the last customers to be resupplied
”.
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In all, it is the equivalent of three weeks of precipitation which fell on Wednesday, according to the Weather Channel.
In Mornant, in the Rhône, 50.2 mm of rain was observed.
Violent gusts of wind were also recorded, including an estimated 131 km / h in Saint-Chamond, in the Loire.
