Storm Diego: 50,000 homes without electricity, TER traffic disrupted… The point this Saturday morning – Sud Ouest

“Following the passage of storm Diego, at 10 p.m., less than 50,000 customers are without electricity, particularly in New Aquitaine, around the Gironde estuary,” said a spokesperson for the network manager. ENEDIS. “Thanks to the automation of the electrical networks and the pre-mobilization of the Enedis teams, the first impacted customers were able to be restored this (Friday) evening”, she added. In New Aquitaine, during this “classic storm in intensity but unusual for the month of April”, winds were recorded at 110 km / h in Chassiron in Charente-Maritime and 104 km / h in Poitiers. ?️A few gusts of wind (max. prov. at 4 p.m.):
– 113 km/h in Pauillac (33)
– 103 km/h in Poitiers (86)
– 103.0 km/h at La Rochelle (17)
– 103 km/h in Chateauroux (36)
– 100 km/h in Cognac (17)
– 100 km/h in Scille (79)
– 96 km/h in Bordeaux-Méri (33)?Le Verdon-sur-Mer(33) @infoclimat pic.twitter.com/OCaDEGCdoW— Météo-France (@meteofrance) April 8, 2022 Disturbed TER trafficIn this part of the south -west, the weather conditions caused trees to fall on the railway tracks, disrupting TER traffic in the second part of the day on several routes north and east of Bordeaux. Traffic gradually resumed in the evening “on all the lines affected by Storm Diego” but “very significant delays are to be expected nevertheless”, according to a point at 10:05 p.m. broadcast on the Twitter account of TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine . 2⃣2⃣h3⃣0⃣! #Diego has severely shaken the #TERNA network. Traffic has been able to resume very gradually but very significant delays are to be expected.
Check the consequences on traffic tomorrow via the #AssistantSNCF. Good evening and good weekend to all ??
Jordi— TER NVELLE-AQUITAINE (@TERNouvelleAQ) April 8, 2022