The Kirk depression begins to calm down this Thursday morning but continues to sweep across France, crossing Ile-de-France towards the northeast. The rains are a little less heavy but caution is required.
Seine-et-Marne remains on red flood alert and more than 67,000 homes were deprived of electricity on Wednesday evening, mainly in the South-West, Enedis announced. Météo-France also maintained six departments on orange flood vigilance, according to the bulletin this Thursday at 6 a.m., but orange wind vigilance was, however, lifted in all the departments concerned.
A death in Hérault and an absolute emergency
A boater died off the coast of Sète and another is in absolute emergency after the strong swell shaking the coasts of Hérault capsized three boats, announced the prefecture of this department. If neighboring Gard was placed on yellow wave submersion alert according to Météo-France, Hérault was on green, without any specific alert. However, the prefect specifies that the waves can reach two meters, leading to a “very high” risk of drowning and he asks “boaters not to take to the sea and the population not to swim, nor to frequent the beaches of the department “.
Rain record in Paris since 1920
In Paris, October 9, 2024 was the second wettest day in history, with 70 mm of rain recorded in twenty-four hours at the Paris-Montsouris station, according to Météo-France. Only one day saw more water. It was October 17, 1920 with 74 mm of rain. Proof of this heavy rainfall: the National Assembly took on water, as shown by deputy François Ruffin on X.
67,000 homes without electricity
More than 67,000 customers were deprived of electricity on Wednesday evening, mainly in the South-West, announced Enedis, the distribution network manager. According to Enedis, the majority of the households concerned are located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, but also, to a lesser extent, in the Landes, in Ariège, in the Gers, in the Rhône, in the Loire, in the Ain and in the Hautes-Pyrénées.