Enedis now reports 242,000 homes without electricity after the passage of storm Austen. Two people were also treated in an absolute emergency, including a person in an accident on the A84 due to a collision with a tree.
The Manche prefecture returned to the tragedy by indicating that the storm claimed the life of a person following a cardio-respiratory arrest which occurred while sawing a tree trunk.
Storm Austen has also caused massive power outages across the affected areas, while emergency services are reporting several serious and minor injuries.
The depression associated with Storm Austen is passing through the Benelux at the end of Friday, explains the forecaster.
In Paris, the inter-union refuses the alternative route proposed by the police headquarters.
A 62-year-old resident of Helleville died after a cardio-respiratory arrest which occurred while he was cutting a weakened tree this morning, announced the Manche prefecture.
The Samu also reports 17 people in relative emergency related to the storm in the Nord department.
In the Nord department, firefighters carried out 276 interventions during the storm, according to the department prefecture.
“Finally, the Samu identifies 17 related emergencies in relation to the storm.”#AUSTEN A person died after a cardio-respiratory arrest while sawing a tree trunk during the Austen storm, announced the Manche prefecture.
Two people were treated in an absolute emergency, including a person in an accident on the A84 due to a collision with a tree.