PARIS: A violent storm with winds reaching nearly 90 miles per hour (140 kilometers per hour) knocked out power to 600,000 French households, the country's electricity distribution authority said Tuesday.
The storm also disrupted travel for thousands of passengers scheduled to fly through Paris' airports, which closed for 14 hours overnight in response to the gusting winds.
Bernard Lassus, director of France's electricity distribution network, said power had been restored to roughly half of affected households in the hardest-hit western regions by 7 am (0600 GMT, 1 am EST).
But as the storm swept inland from the Atlantic, it caused further power cuts to other regions in the centre of the country. Lassus told France-Info radio.
Air France on Tuesday said it had put up around 3,000 passengers affected by the Paris airport closures in local hotels overnight Monday.
Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget airports closed from 8 pm (1900 GMT, 2 pm EST) Monday through 10 am (0900 GMT, 4 am EST) Tuesday.
The civilian airport authority said the closures — a rare occurrence — came in response to the storm's winds, which posed a safety threat to air traffic.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/600000_France_houses_without_power/articleshow/4106470.cms
The storm also disrupted travel for thousands of passengers scheduled to fly through Paris' airports, which closed for 14 hours overnight in response to the gusting winds.
Bernard Lassus, director of France's electricity distribution network, said power had been restored to roughly half of affected households in the hardest-hit western regions by 7 am (0600 GMT, 1 am EST).
But as the storm swept inland from the Atlantic, it caused further power cuts to other regions in the centre of the country. Lassus told France-Info radio.
Air France on Tuesday said it had put up around 3,000 passengers affected by the Paris airport closures in local hotels overnight Monday.
Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget airports closed from 8 pm (1900 GMT, 2 pm EST) Monday through 10 am (0900 GMT, 4 am EST) Tuesday.
The civilian airport authority said the closures — a rare occurrence — came in response to the storm's winds, which posed a safety threat to air traffic.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/600000_France_houses_without_power/articleshow/4106470.cms
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