an octogenarian discovered drowned in her flooded cellar

An octogenarian was discovered dead in her flooded cellar in Borre, in the North, on Sunday, firefighters and the gendarmerie reported on Monday, November 29, confirming information from the Northern voice. The department had been placed on orange vigilance for flooding. According to the gendarmerie, this lady, “prone to discomfort, would have fallen on the stairs and drowned” in his cellar, where, according to firefighters, the water had risen to 80 cm.

“This 88 year old lady certainly wanted to check the water level in her cellar and she must have fallen and she couldn’t get up, it’s really very sad“, reacted the mayor of the village of Borre, Bernadette Popelier. “the village is not submerged”, she stressed.

The Nord and Pas-de-Calais remain classified in flood orange vigilance Monday, until 6 a.m. Tuesday, the difficulties concentrating in the plain of the Lys. According to firefighters, in Vieux-Berquin, seven kilometers from Borre, the water level continued to rise on Monday and 10 houses were flooded with about 20 cm of water. A little further south, in Merville, the water level reached 30 cm. Drones were to be sent for reconnaissance operations.