The wind and storm are felt on the railway tracks of the Landes department.
Traffic was notably interrupted this Monday between Dax and Pau, trees fell on the SNCF rails.
The incident occurred at 2:45 p.m., as relayed by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine TER teams on they write.
The technical teams went to the site to “carry out the necessary repairs”.
According to France Bleu, SNCF hopes for a resumption of traffic in the afternoon.
🔴2:45 p.m. #Infotrafic #TERNA
Traffic is interrupted on the #Dax↔#Pau axis.
The winds blowing violently in the region are causing trees to fall on installations ⚡between #Dax and #Puyoô. The technical teams are on site to carry out the necessary repairs pic.twitter.com/LEz7EVxM4E
— TER NVELLE-AQUITAINE (@TERNouvelleAQ) February 12, 2024
This is not the only incident caused by the gusts in the Landes.
At 2 p.m., traffic was interrupted on the Bayonne-Dax axis.
Approximately 1.5 hours later, the track was cleared and trains resumed operation.
Gust at 113 km/h
The Météo Chaîne measured significant gusts in the south-west of France.
In Capbreton (Landes), a gust of wind at 113 km/ha was recorded at midday.
A gust of 99 km/ha hit Dax.
This weekend, the Karlotta depression had already taken its toll in the region.
This Monday morning, four departments on the Atlantic coast were affected by orange vigilance for the risk of flooding.
Météo France downgraded the alert to yellow level this afternoon in Charente-Maritime, Landes, Gironde and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
The last three cities are also affected by a yellow wave-submersion alert.