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Bad weather in Pas-de-Calais: the slow decline continues
Bad weather in Pas-de-Calais: the slow decline continues – (France 2)
In Pas-de-Calais, residents try not to get discouraged as they watch the water drop very slowly. The department is still placed on orange alert for floods, Saturday January 6 evening.
Water up to his knees, a man advances slowly in a street still submerged by water, in Pas-de-Calais. With his cousin, he comes to see the damage in his mother’s house. In the neighborhood, the water level has barely dropped. His neighbor expects a particularly slow decline. Water has entered everywhere, around twenty centimeters still covers the ground floor. The family had barely had time to clean the house after the November floods. It had taken weeks for the water to drain and the walls to dry. An unbearable wait that is repeated today.
Some install pumps
Faced with the slow decline, some have installed pumps. A man installed one in his son’s home. Thanks to them, around fifteen centimeters of water less. Emptying the house as quickly as possible is essential according to this father. Everyone is carefully watching the evolution of the recession. Despite the decline that has begun, residents remain very worried. According to forecasts, the water level is expected to continue to decrease very slowly.
