Bad weather caused flooding in the West, with several rivers overflowing their banks, without causing any casualties, we learned from the authorities on Friday.
In Gisors, a Norman town of 12,000 inhabitants, the Eure firefighters indicated that they had carried out 25 interventions with the overflow of the Epte.
Six departments in the northwest – Aisne, Calvados, Eure, Ille et Vilaine, Maine et Loire and Val d’Oise – were kept on orange flood alert on Friday and will remain so on Saturday, according to Météo- France.
“The situation is under control because the town hall had anticipated, sent the right messages and the population respected the instructions. However, we are facing a slow decline”according to Sdis de l’Eure.
“Around twenty additional firefighters from across the department will be mobilized tomorrow morning to carry out effective exhaustion and drying interventions in buildings and homes”indicated Sdis.
The peak of the flood was reached in Gisors at 12 p.m., affecting several districts including the city center, specifies the Eure prefecture in a press release.
On the other hand “the level of Eure is increasing”adds the prefecture, ensuring that “surveillance therefore continues, particularly around Pacy-sur-Eure and Louviers”.
According to Nicolas Veyer, director of general services at Gisors, “we will monitor the situation tonight, knowing that tomorrow morning, from 5 a.m., the technical services will intervene to clean the city”.
In the Pays de la Loire, in Angers, the level of the Maine “has reached water levels causing overflows”indicated the town hall in a press release.
“The Vigicrues weather forecast predicts that the water level could continue to rise this weekend and stabilize from the beginning of next week, given the expected end of the heavy precipitation”adds the town hall.
In Nantes the ring road was partly flooded, which happens frequently and which could lead to difficulties in accessing the Beaujoire stadium for the L1 match Friday evening between Nantes and Monaco.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, four people were evacuated during the day in Guipry-Messac, south of Rennes, firefighters said, emphasizing Friday afternoon that there was no longer any intervention underway in the area. Breton department.
In Seine-Maritime, the overflow of rivers “Arques” et “La Béthune” caused flooding affecting around thirty houses in Arques-la-Bataille. “Pumping operations will begin once the flood begins to recede”indicated the prefecture of the Normandy department.
