Eunice storm: five departments on orange alert to strong winds, SNCF traffic disrupted this Friday – France Bleu

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Be careful if you are in Hauts-France or Normandy. Five departments are placed on orange alert to strong winds due to the passage of storm Eunice, according to the bulletin published this Thursday by Météo France.

The organization speaks of a “very strong winter storm requiring special vigilance” especially from Friday at 10 a.m.

The departments concerned are: the ChannelSeine-Maritime, Somme, Pas-de-Calais and the North. In addition, three of these five departments are placed on orange alert to waves-submersion. it’s about the Seine-Maritime, Somme and Pas-de-Calais.

The Météo France bulletin published this Thursday at 4 p.m.
– Meteo France

“Very strong winter storm requiring special vigilance”

Météo France speaks of a “very strong winter storm requiring special vigilance”. This storm, which will affect the north of France from this Friday morning, is called storm Eunice. “The most violent gusts are expected during the afternoon, in Pas-de-Calais and the North with values ​​around 120 to 130 km / h, locally 140 km / h on the coasts; in the indoors they will reach 100 to 120 km/h, locally 130 km/h on the heights”specifies Météo France.

“These stormy winds from West to South-West generate strong waves and a temporary elevation”, adds Meteo France. “In a context of high tidal coefficients, the combination of high sea levels and strong waves risks causing submersion in exposed or vulnerable areas of the coast of the departments placed on wave submersion vigilance”.

Risk of submersion from Etretat to Cap Griz-Nez

According to the prediction models of Ifremer (French institute for research on the sea), the conjunction of violent winds (up to 140 km/h in gusts) and a high tidal coefficient (90 in Boulogne-sur- Wed, this Friday at 1 p.m.) will train an increase in sea level of 3.80m, from Etretat to Cap Griz-Nez. Troughs ranging up to 7 meters in height are expected offshore.

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Severely disrupted SNCF traffic this Friday

SNCF traffic will be severely disrupted this Friday in Hauts-de-France and Normandy due to the passage of storm Eunice, SNCF announced.

In Hauts-de-France, train traffic will be “adapted” for the Paris-Lille high-speed line, as well as on the TER Paris-Amiens, Paris-St Quentin, Paris-Laon and Paris-Beauvais lines. “On the other lines, train traffic will be interrupted from 12:00 p.m. Estimated resumption of traffic on Saturday February 19”, explains TER Hauts-de-France on its website.

In Normandy, train traffic will be “interrupted” from this Friday noon on the Caen-Cherbourg, Caen-Granville, Rouen-Dieppe, Rouen-Serqueux-Gisors, Rouen-Le Havre, Fécamp-Le Havre-Rolleville axes. Here too, the resumption of traffic is estimated for Saturday.