70,000 homes lose power as fierce storm batters northwestern France

‘Darkness has enveloped nearly 70,000 homes in northwestern France as winds, gusting to hurricane force, have caused a widespread power outage, authorities say.
According to the national electricity grid Enedis, the storm cut the electricity of 33,000 homes in Normandy, 18,700 in Brittany and 16,500 in the Loire-Atlantique region on Sunday.
Enedis manages the distribution network of electricity for 95 percent of mainland France, selling electricity to some 35 million residential, company and local authority customers.’
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