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Bad weather: after a record flood, a town in Eure-et-Loir is struggling to recover
Bad weather: after a record flood, a town in Eure-et-Loir is struggling to recover
(France 2)
Saturday October 12, two departments are still on orange flood alert, Loir-et-Cher and Eure-et-Loir. The 13 Heures returned to one of the most affected towns, where the water reached 1m85 at the peak reached the previous evening.
In the streets of Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières (Eure-et-Loir), Saturday October 12, the streets still bear the scars of the flood: mud, gravel, water in places which is struggling to drain. flow, because the pipes are always overflowing. The peak of the flood was reached the day before at 7 p.m., at 1m85, a record. Submerged, Caroline Winne’s car is visible again. “The water has risen to the pedals, the seat is all wet”she laments.
Larbi Raïs will not have much to save. Surprised by the rapid arrival of water, he filmed his house completely flooded, with 50 cm of water in all the rooms. Everything is soggy, out of order. Impossible to come back and live here for a while. Transformed into a pond, the city center square has regained its usual appearance. But behind the facade, there is desolation for a hotelier, who has to close the establishment for eight days. The victims are impatiently awaiting the arrival of insurers.
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