Pedestrians are held in a street flooded after the Flume outing in Pace, in the west of France, on January 25, 2025.
PHOTO AFP – ERIC THOMAS
The Ille-et-Vilaine passed, in the morning of this Monday, January 27, in red vigilance for floods after the important precipitation of the Herminia depression while 8 other departments are on orange alert for floods, waves-submersion or avalanches, announced Météo-France.
Red vigilance in Ille-et-Vilaine concerns “The ugly median and the cuttlefish“Said the Meteorological Institute in its latest bulletin published at 06:00.
Unpublished floods for over 40 years
The Breton department and in particular its capital, Rennes, crossed by two rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine, has undergone unpublished floods for more than 40 years.
-“Unfortunately the flood peak is not yet reached“Said the mayor of Rennes Nathalie Appéré in a statement released at the end of the day on Sunday.”The decline will be slow and will probably not start before Wednesday“Said the elected official.
The departments maintained in raw orange alert are Calvados, Eure, Orne, Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire.
Finistère goes on orange wave-submersion alert, which should extend to the whole of the west coast on Tuesday, while the Hautes-Alpes are maintained in orange avalanches.
“The avalanche risk index is 'Fort-4' for this Monday on the Massifs des Hautes-Alpes except the Dévoluy“said Météo-France.
