VIDEO – While precipitation records were broken in several French cities, are held in nine departments orange alert. Loiret, vigilance concerning particular Loing basin.
The persistence of depression stagnating over Belgium causes continuous rains north and the center of France, said in a special statement the Forecast Channel *, which holds 9 departments in orange alert “flood-rain” (Météo France maintains orange alert 7). Loiret is in turn placed on red alert for a major flood of the river Loing.
Since Monday, heavy rains batter indeed Ardennes in Normandy but on the Centre region, north of Auvergne and Limousin through the Paris basin.
This deterioration in progress, valid until Wednesday noon, more specifically relates to the regions that extend the Hauts-de-France in Upper Normandy and the Paris basin west of Burgundy, and the central region to the Massif Central.
These intense rains cause significant accumulations of rainfall and flooding . In this very difficult context, the records of rainfall in 24 hours are exceeded. The watershed of the Loire and the Seine River and the rivers of North Pas-de-Calais experiencing very strong flash floods. A centenale flood occurs on the Loing.
cut subway line, SNCF traffic disrupted
As a result of these rains, a metro line was cut off to Lille Monday night with implementation of alternative bus. train traffic was disrupted in the North , and between Lorraine and Luxembourg. “Due to the tearing of a catenary between Hénin-Beaumont and Dourges caused by weather, traffic is interrupted between Lille and Lens via Ostricourt until further notice,” said Agence France-Presse a door Floor-regional SNCF.
Train traffic was also interrupted on the axis connecting St Pol sur Ternoise Bethune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais up ‘to further notice due to flooding and some trains were diverted via Arras, says the railway. An incident on a switching station caused the interruption of train traffic between Thionville and Luxembourg , said the leadership of the communication from the train in the Lorraine region. SNCF traffic disruptions were to continue Tuesday morning, with 1-2 trains per hour, usually against 6.
Meurthe-et-Moselle , firefighters conducted a fifty interventions including evacuation of people, caused by a sharp rise of two rivers, “in a triangle between the towns of Trieux, Briey Joeuf.”
In the entire department of the Loiret , traffic is greatly disturbed: the Loiret county council reports at least 37 roads that are a problem. Of these, 19 are fully blocked and blocked and 18 are considered “very difficult to navigate.” The A10 at the height of Orleans is cut in both directions and diversions were put in place via Le Mans. In Saran central prison, some inmates of the prison had to be moved in the night, especially those who were on the ground floor or to the floors or to another building of the Central . And dozens were transferred to other facilities. A transfer of greater magnitude was being studied in the late morning, did you learned from prison sources.
The rain also wreaked havoc in the Yonne with some 70 blocked or flooded roads. Firefighters said they were “overwhelmed” with over 450 interventions since Monday noon for flooding of homes. A Gurgy, 100 homes were evacuated in the night, in the present prefect there.
in Germany , the torrential rains that lashed the south of the country have caused the death of four people and a dozen others were injured.
Improved expected this weekend
Until Wednesday, the weather is very unstable on most of the countries, provides the Weather Channel. But the end of the tunnel is not far off: Thursday, depression and fill pressures will rise everywhere. The risk of thunderstorms will be in sharp decline compared to the beginning of the week.
This weekend, temperatures will rise to 22 ° C average in the North and 25 ° C in the south in an atmosphere that will become summer.
* Chain Weather is a group site Figaro
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