At the foot of the Pyrenees, a hard -hit village

Sunday, May 4, 2025, a violent storm broke out at the foot of the Pyrenees, in the Saint-Gaudens (Haute-Garonne) sector. In the space of two hours, they are broken down of water that fell into the Commingeoise plain.

Two municipalities were particularly affected: Ardiège et Labarthe-Rivière.

HAS Labarthe-Rivière, The school was immediately closed after it was invaded by several tens of centimeters of water. The electric meter has been immersed and the electricity cut. The establishment could not reopen this Monday.

A “wave” of water in Ardiège

In the neighboring locality ardiègethe table is just as distressing this Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The time is still cleaning. The first deputy mayor, Alain Cortesognotells these long minutes during which the town was invaded by “a wave” of water …

“The storm started at 2 p.m. and it ended around 4:30 p.m. I did not measure how much it fell, but I have lived in Ardiège since 1976 and I had never seen that. It was around 4:30 p.m. that water has arrived everywhere. It mainly came from the mountain. It was a muddy water that took everything away, five cars in particular, but also all the selective sorting trash cans that ended up in the main street. The water has also entered the courses of the houses and in a few houses, some residents have lost everything. As of Sunday, the roads were closed and the main road was closed overnight on Sunday to Monday, because reckless people were committed to it. ”

Cleaning in progress

This Tuesday, cleaning operations continued.

“There was a lot of solidarity in the village, and the firefighters helped us well to clean. There is still work. We have already withdrawn two mud bins, but all the ditches we had priests in the fall are blocked, “said the elected official.

The municipality has already filed, such as Labarthe-Rivière, a request for recognition of the state of natural disaster.

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