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Christmas storm: death of a 12-year-old child in the collapse of a wall

December 23, 2013 by farindiya | Edit

By LEXPRESS.fr

The Christmas storm strikes the France. Strong winds up to 120 mph affect the coastline of Britain alongside the North Monday. Is that Tuesday around midday the storm Dirk should move away from the France. Outside the Northwest Weather France provides high winds at the top of the Rhone Valley and West of the Pyrenees. Nine new departments in the centre-East and the South-West of the country have been placed in orange vigilance. In these regions, the wind will continue to blow very strong Tuesday with gusts of up to 100 to 110 km/h. The fact Express item on the impact of the Christmas storm.

Death of a child of 12 years

A 12-year-old child would have lost their lives in the collapse of a wall near Vire in Calvados, according to Betty and France Bleu Normandie which says that the young victim was the son of the owner of the construction company had been entrusted with the work. It is a gust of wind which, in causing the downfall of one of the Gables of a house under renovation, is the origin of the drama.

A 20-year worker would also was seriously injured in this collapse, always according to the continuous news channel.

A sailor missing

A man was looking Monday evening off the coast of Brest (Finistère) after falling of a cargo in damage. The man, of Russian nationality, went overboard due to bad weather conditions, with a swell of 6 to 7 meters and winds gusts blowing at near 120 kph, was learned from the Atlantic maritime prefecture. He was aboard the Victoriaborg, a building registered in the Netherlands, "in damage to bar" about 220 km north-west of Brest Harbour. A maritime surveillance aircraft was conducting research in the area since 6 pm.

As in every time in case of rough weather, the Brest tug Abeille Bourbon was dispatched not far from Ushant, ready to intervene. The Argonaute, building support, assistance and depollution (BSAD) of the Navy, was also mobilized.

22,000 households without electricity

Monday, in early evening, nearly 16,000 homes were without power in all Brittany, according to ERDF. 4000 homes are also without electricity in Normandy and 2000 in the countries of the Loire. "There's an operational activity of firefighters, which is dense but which is not colossal, mainly due to falling trees and electrical wires that fall," told the head of cabinet of the prefecture of the Finistère, Sébastien Cauwel.

Traffic disrupted

The authorities have launched calls for caution, particularly to the attention of motorists, invited to restrict their movement. The Department of transport recalled "the need to exercise caution on the roads and at sea, to avoid approaching the piers in the coastal departments and ensure the proper functioning of public transport before undertaking trips".

At Brest, the Iroise bridge was closed to all traffic until Tuesday 5 p.m.. The four-lane Rennes-Brest was also closed to vehicles with a height of over 2 meters and two wheelers on two viaducts in the crossing of Saint-Brieuc.

Without waiting for the arrival of the disturbance, several shipping companies cancelled their cross-channel bindings, including departing from Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), Ouistreham (Calvados), Le Havre and Dieppe. A Brittany Ferries vessel which was about to win the Spain has taken refuge in the Bay of Douarnenez (Finistère) with 400 passengers on board.

The flights were very disturbed at Brest airport. SNCF, the Caen-Cherbourg line was cut since the beginning of the afternoon, following the fall of a tree on the road in Calvados, immobilizing trains 20.

23 departments in orange vigilance

Weather France has put 23 departments in orange vigilance to the winds, Monday. The disturbance should hit the country until Tuesday noon. Fourteen departments of the coastline are affected by the orange vigilance. Inland, seven departments in the centre-East of the country are also affected, in the Rhône-Alpes, Franche-Comté, Auvergne and Burgundy regions. In the southwest of the France, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées are concerned. The Finistere and Morbihan are also orange vigilance for the phenomenon of wave-flooding.