France Bleu Vaucluse is mobilizing on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Haut-Vaucluse floods in 1992. This Tuesday, September 22, 1992, torrential rains fell on the north of the department, the Ouvèze overflowed and took everything in its path, causing 46 deaths, including 37 in the town of Vaison-la-Romaine alone.
Thirty years later, France Bleu Vaucluse deploys its morning from the Comptoir des Voconces in Vaison-la-Romaine to remember the events, take stock of the disaster and to don’t forget this drama which reminds us that the worst can always happen. On the program: guests, reports, testimonials.
Our guests :
- Arnaud Dupont, technician at the Vaucluse Fishing Federation
- Johnny Douvinet, geography researcher at the University of Avignon
- Claude Haut, mayor of Vaison at the time of the events
- Monique Reboul, president of the committee for the defense of victims of Ouvèze in Bédarrides
- Jean-François Perilhou, the current mayor of Vaison
- Alain Jalabert, firefighter specializing in whitewater rescue
- Violaine Démaret, prefect of Vaucluse
You can also read or re-read our series of reports: