“The rains announced during the night by Météo France should not hinder the onset of recession observed upstream of the Lys”, according to the prefecture of the North.
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The departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais remain in vigilance orange “floods” until Wednesday December 1 in the afternoon, but the decline of the Lys river began. “The Lys Plaine basin remains on orange alert given the water levels which have stabilized at a high level, indicated the prefecture of the North. [Mais] the rains announced during the night by Météo France should not hinder the onset of the decline observed upstream of the Lys. ” The firefighters of the fire and rescue service (Sdis) of the North have specified that the recession is “very slow” in the town of Saint-Venant, between Saint-Omer and Béthune.
Departmental roads cut, level crossing submerged, houses flooded … Since Sunday, the two departments have experienced strong disturbances related to a major rainy episode. In three days, the firefighters of the North carried out 103 interventions related to these bad weather and put 171 people to shelter. The Sdis du Pas-de-Calais has made 177 interventions between Sunday and Monday. An octogenarian was discovered dead in her flooded cellar, in Borre (North), Monday, November 29. According to the gendarmerie, this lady, “prone to discomfort, would have fallen on the stairs” and then drowned. The water had risen to a height of 80 cm in his cellar.