Blown roofs, trees on the tracks and overturned trailers: strong gusts of wind hit the Center East on Monday, November 25, where two departments remain on orange alert, the Loire and the Rhône, according to the Météo-France bulletin published at 4 pm By The orange surveillance has therefore been lifted in Ain, Isère, Jura, Haute-Loire and Saône-et-Loire; These five departments have returned to yellow surveillance.
“In a small eastern half of the country, the winds are still strong but starting to die down”reports the meteorological service. “In the departments that return to the yellow alert, the wind will continue to weaken, with gusts that could still reach between 80 and 90 km/h (very locally 100 km/h) until the end of the afternoon. The wind will continue to ease with the arrival of the rains”details Météo-France.
No injuries have yet been reported, but the damage observed is numerous and sometimes spectacular. In Isère, the roofs of a supermarket and an institute were bent or even torn off, while on the A47 motorway the trailer of a heavy truck was found dumped on the road, causing traffic jams between Lyon and Saint-Etienne.
In Lyon, the wind blew up to 125 km/h
Rail traffic on several railway lines was interrupted by trees falling on the tracks. Other lines, in particular the one between Saint-Étienne and Lyon, one of the busiest in France, were interrupted as a precaution until the evening, without replacement buses, according to the SNCF Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes report.
Traffic was able to resume on the Auvergne lines from 4:00 p.m., except on the axis between Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon. The general resumption of traffic in the AURA region is scheduled for Tuesday morning, but the SNCF nevertheless invites its travelers to check on the TER site or a mobility application if their train will run.
In Lyon, the wind blew up to 125 km/h and tram lines were stopped, also due to falling trees, and relief buses were deployed. North of the city, in Anse, the gusts fanned the flames of a fire that broke out in a warehouse and pushed the black smoke emanating from it towards the A6, where traffic was considerably reduced.
Storm Bert hit the UK and Ireland on Saturday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and heavy snow, disrupting transport and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power.
