Violent winds and torrential rains fell on Europe, causing floods in many regions, especially in the west of France, and depriving electricity.
After the significant precipitation brought by the Herminia depression, Météo France announces a new depression of the name of IVO, which circulates near the Breton coast. In the hexagon, six departments were placed on orange vigilance for risks of “floods” on Thursday January 30. Three other departments are in red vigilance: Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan.
Calvados, Orne, Mayenne, Somme, Sarthe and Maine-et-Loire are placed in orange vigilance.
Faced with this exceptional situation, the French authorities decided to trigger the accelerated procedure for recognizing the state of natural disaster.
In Ireland the Eowyn storm caused electricity failures. The country has requested the help of the EU, which activated its EU civil protection mechanism was activated.
13 electricity generators from the Commission Strategic Reserve, Resceu have been made available to the country.
The EU has also activated the Copernicus emergency management service and provided analytical support to the national authorities.
