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Washington Post
24-05-2025
- Climate
- Washington Post
Power outage hits Cannes Film Festival and traffic in southeastern France
CANNES, France — A major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film Festival as the prestigious event prepared to hand out its top prize . About 160,000 households in the Alpes-Maritimes department lost electricity after a high-voltage line fell Saturday morning, electricity network operator RTE said on X. The outage came hours after a fire at an electrical substation near Cannes overnight had already weakened the grid.
Bloomberg
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Power Cut Hits French Riviera on Final Day of Cannes Festival
A major power outage in southeast France has hit Cannes on the final day of the city's flagship film festival. Grid operator Reseau de Transport d'Electricite said in a social media post that 160,000 homes have been affected. The operator pledged to restore power as quickly as possible and apologized 'for the inconvenience.'
The Independent
21-05-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
Ping-pong sized hail hits Toulouse as flooding kills three in southern France
Ping-pong-sized hail bounced off a trampoline in the Toulouse area as deadly flooding struck southern France this week. Three pensioners died after heavy rains hit the southeastern Var region on Tuesday, where floods caused widespread damage to roads, bridges and buildings in the region. Dramatic footage from Monday (19 May) shows huge hailstones hitting a garden in Capens. Flooding has caused significant damage to the Var region in southeast France, causing power outages and damage to train tracks as water surged through the streets.
