After the passage of the Kirk depression over France, the damage was numerous. Six departments are still placed on orange “flood” alert and two on red alert, including Seine-et-Marne to the east of Paris. The peak of the flood occurred at midday this Thursday, October 10.
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Even if it is no longer raining in Seine-et-Marne, the Grand Morin, a tributary of the Seine, is still overflowing this Thursday afternoon, submerging fields, businesses and roads in places, and, in the town of Pommeuse, flooding the stadium, a factory and houses. This is what we call the flood wave which propagates well after the precipitation associated with the Kirk depression which crossed France all day yesterday, Wednesday October 9, and part of the night. No injuries were reported, but several people had to be relocated because their homes were flooded.
If the rain has stopped in Ile-de-France, the episode continues further east, and it is therefore “ likely that the water will start to rise a little again », Warned the Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher, traveling to Coulommiers, half flooded. In this city which is very difficult to access, Vincent Bouchrot, chief of staff of the mayor, mentions “ an extraordinary flood “, with ” half a dozen people so far » sheltered in gymnasiums.
Red alert in Seine-et-Marne and Eure-et-Loir
At midday, the department of Eure-et-Loir was also placed on red flood alert. “ Significant overflows are underway in the Bonneval and Saint-Maur-sur-le-Loir sectors. In these sectors, increases in levels are still expected and damaging overflows could occur during this Thursday afternoon », Warns the specialized government site Vigicrues.
In Paris, flooding has disrupted several transport lines and the level of the Seine is expected to be close to 3 meters by the end of the day, without this having any consequences. Many Parisian cellars and basements were flooded, some in prestigious sites such as the National Assembly or the Musée des Armées in Les Invalides.
The wettest September in 25 years
Finally, in the Pyrénées and Jura, 48,000 people were still without electricity in the afternoon, including 12,000 in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 7,700 in Doubs and 5,000 in Jura, according to information. communicated by the electricity distribution network manager Enedis.
September 2024 was the month of September “ the wettest in 25 years » in France, with “ almost 60% » amount of rain above normal, Météo-France announced at the end of September. Extreme precipitation observed around the world, exacerbated by the planet’s abnormally hot temperatures for more than a year, a consequence of climate change, according to the European Copernicus Observatory.
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