Météo-France also maintains the alert in force in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.
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Be careful in the west of France. Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire were placed on orange alert for “floods” on Friday February 23. In its bulletin published at 10 a.m., Météo-France also maintains the alert in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.
🔶 4 departments in Orange (https://t.co/CSYEovTI83) pic.twitter.com/kvfbkeZWAR
— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) February 23, 2024
The passage of storm Louis affected several waterways, specifies Vigicrues. “The Sèvre Niortaise upstream (dep. 79) reacted to the heavy precipitation as well as the Lay (dep. 85) and the Sèvre Nantaise upstream (dep. 85 and dep. 44)”adds a vigilance bulletin. “The Sèvre Nantaise downstream (departments 85, 49 and 44) could also experience damaging overflows, through propagation of the current flood of the Sèvre Nantaise upstream.specifies the press release.
A 52-year-old man died Thursday in Deux-Sèvres after finding himself trapped in his car. He had taken a blocked road near Saint-Georges-de-Noisné, the department’s firefighters said. Another 35,000 homes were without electricity on Friday in France.
