Seine-et-Marne downgraded to orange vigilance, no more departments on red alert for floods

“The rain forecast for Saturday is light in the north of the country and should not counteract the decreasing trend upstream of the rivers,” warns Vigicrues.

The trend is decreasing. The last red flood alert on Seine-et-Marne was lifted by Météo-France on Saturday October 12. The Ile-de-France department joins Eure-et-Loir and Loir-et-Cher in orange, the only other departments at this alert level, also for flooding.

“On Saturday, the weather situation is relatively calm in flooded watersheds. The rains forecast for Saturday are light in the north of the country and should not counteract the decreasing trend upstream of the rivers. In these conditions, the current floods continue their slow propagation downstream.summarized the government agency Vigicrues in its 6 a.m. bulletin.

Floods, however, remain significant on the Grand Morin downstream (Seine-et-Marne), the Loir upstream and the Eure upstream (Eure-et-Loir), as well as on the Loir vendômois (Loir-et-Cher), warned Météo-France.

In Eure-et-Loir, almost half of the municipalities were affected by flooding in the wake of the Kirk depression. In Bonneval, where the Loir had flooded the town center and forced dozens of residents to leave their homes, the level had returned to 0.90 m on Friday at 8 p.m., compared to a peak of 2.13 m the previous evening. .

In the Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières sector, downstream, the town center was invaded by the waters of the Loir and all traffic was impossible there, noted an AFP photographer. According to Vigicrues, the peak was reached in Cloyes around 7 p.m., at the historically high level of 1.85 m compared to 1.80 m during the flood of January 1995. Some 800 rescue operations have been carried out since the start of bad weather, with 304 people evacuated and brought to safety.