The department of Lot-et-Garonne was affected by a violent storm entered by the Néracais before spreading to the whole of the territory. No casualties but significant damage was noted this Sunday morning.
Minor accidents, falling trees, two cut roads, three mudslides and 1,500 homes without electricity.
This Saturday, June 26, at the beginning of the evening, the Lot-et-Garonne department was affected by violent thunderstorms, causing in certain sectors a strong accumulation of rain and gusts of wind up to 86 km / h.
From Nérac to Lacapelle-Biron via Roquefort, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Saint-Pierre de Clairac, Tonneins, Layrac or even Le Passage, many of you witnessed the violence of this violent stormy episode, fortunately, which did not cause any injuries.
Strong electrical activity
All over the department, the evening was eventful. Many testimonies will state the importance of this meteorological episode which was also accompanied by strong electrical activity. “A lightning strike has just fallen a few meters from the house, the walls have shaken,” says Mathieu living in the Mobalen sector.
Trees have fallen like here between Layrac and Caudecoste
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Between the Port Sainte-Marie and the gates of Agen, many motorists report many fallen branches on the road. In Sainte-Hilaire, at the exit of the village (in the direction of Agen), the water also had difficulty in evacuating around midnight and encroached on the roadway.
Fallen trees
“It’s impressive the gusts of wind that we have at home”, says another Internet user living between Tonneins and Le Port “we have the impression that it will fit in the house”.
Throughout the evening, many trees fell on the roadways. 34 reports of fallen trees were made to the on-call teams of the Lot-et-Garonne road service. Mudslides were also observed towards Saint-Pierre de Clairac or in the Beauville sector. There were three in the department. Two minor accidents were observed in Saint-Caprais de Lerm on the D215.
In some places, such as on this road to Saint-Pierre de Clairac, heavy rainfall caused mudslides
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1,500 households without electricity
As of last night, many homes were deprived of electricity in many sectors of Lot-et-Garonne where at the height of this episode 1,500 homes were deprived of electricity. Enedis teams are strongly mobilized for a return to normalcy as quickly as possible. This Sunday morning, residents of Frégimont note the return of electricity. “We have around sixty technicians in the field to work,” explains the communication department of Enedis Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Since Saturday evening, the Lot-et-Garonne firefighters have made several outings for electrical cables fallen on the roads. At the height of the meteorological event, more than sixty firefighters were at work to respond to emergency calls.
Soaring trampolines
In the gardens, waking up is difficult. Some report material damage with uprooted trees fallen near houses.
A tree uprooted in the garden of a house in the town of Laparade
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Others explain that their children’s games did not withstand the gusts of wind. “The little ones’ trampoline literally flew away. However, it was well attached,” says a mother living in the confluence sector. Another Internet user says that a structure “in its path destroyed fences, gate, concrete posts before being held back by an electric fence and being straddled on the road”.
Many of you have reported that children’s games have taken off as the gusts of wind, some of them land on the roads.
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The municipal technical services are also on the bridge to clean up the scars of the passage of this stormy depression. There again, trees were uprooted, numerous branches litter the roads. In some municipalities, such as Lavardac, there is some damage to the side aisles which have collapsed due to the violence of the precipitation that fell in a short time.
Damage was observed on the side of the roadway in Lavardac
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Cut roads
The entire road network has been checked by on-call teams. Two roads are currently cut due to the presence of an electric cable. The D112 in Francescas between PR6 and PR 7 and the D278 in Aiguillon, locality “Blanc”.
Many roads are still clogged with plant debris “but do not prevent traffic”. Precautions were taken and numerous warning signs were installed.
A return to normal which could be complicated taking into account that a new weather alert forecasts a thunderstorm “certainly of lesser intensity” for this Sunday evening.
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