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Storm Austen cut power to around 20,000 Calvados households on Friday, with 1,600 still without electricity on Sunday.
Storm Austen struck Calvados, France, on Friday 23 October 2026, after the department was placed under an orange weather alert ahead of the storm's arrival. Around 20,000 households lost power in Calvados that day.
During the storm, the prefecture banned certain vehicles from the Calix viaduct in Calvados.
By midday on Sunday 25 October, 1,600 households in Calvados remained without electricity. The reports do not state when power was fully restored, which vehicles were covered by the viaduct ban, or whether that restriction has since been lifted.
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Calvados residents face power loss and viaduct restrictions
For households in Calvados, the storm meant a sudden loss of electricity for around 20,000 homes on Friday. Those still without power at midday Sunday, 1,600 households, remained affected two days after the storm arrived. The viaduct restriction on the Calix crossing also affected drivers who relied on that route, though the reports do not specify how many vehicles were involved.
Storm Austen's Calvados impact tracked from alert to Sunday
Viewed as a sequence, the Calvados response began with an orange weather alert issued before the storm reached the department on Friday 23 October. On that day, around 20,000 households lost power, and the figure had fallen to 1,600 by midday Sunday. The reports offer no intermediate figures between those two points, so the pace of restoration cannot be measured precisely.