the flood has once again invaded the streets of the canton of La Ferté-Gaucher

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Thursday October 10 In the morning, the inhabitants of the canton of La Ferté-Gaucher woke up once again with their feet in the water… For the fourth time this yearthe Grand Morin got out of bed following heavy rain caused by Storm Kirk.

Consequences: waters submerged the streets, paralyzing certain communities.

A mobilization since the day before

As soon as the department went into red alert on Wednesday afternoon, municipalities reacted quickly on social networks to keep residents informed of developments in the situation. In La Ferté-Gaucher, the announcement of the imminent flood was relayed via the digital information panel and the civil security siren was triggered throughout the city.

Municipal employees roamed the streets to distribute sandbags and concrete blocks so that residents can build cofferdams in front of their front doors. Likewise in Jouy-sur-Morin, an on-call number has been posted on the municipality’s Facebook page in the event of an emergency or the need for concrete blocks to protect homes.

Many inaccessible roads

La Ferté-Gaucher opened the doors of the Henri Forgeard room to accommodate the victims. Early Thursday morning, she was already welcoming five inhabitants of Maison Dieuincluding a woman on dialysis.

On the traffic side, many streets were closed to traffic : rue des promenades, ruelle du Moulin des Grenouilles, rue du 8 mai, rue d’Idalie, rue de la Maison Dieu, rue du Prieuré, rue de Coutran, rue de Nageot, rue de Sézanne and route de Saint-Martin -des-Champs. Only Avenue of the Allies remained open to heavy goods vehicles onlyin order to keep a service open to Esternay and Sézanne. Of the diversions were then put in place at the town entrance crossroads, on the Route de Provins side and at the entrance to the town, Avenue de Nancy, via Rue des Sapins. As for bus line 17, it was suspended for the day.

Fertoise schools were also closed. THE Jean Campin college was deprived of electricity and after a period of uncertainty, the students and teachers were authorized to leave the establishment, specify the Department’s services.

On its Facebook page, the town hall of La Ferté-Gaucher invited its residents “to exercise the greatest caution” and advised “to keep children” safe.

Municipal elected officials have been on the ground since Wednesday evening. Civil security was deployed in the city from midnight to 6 a.m. today. A crisis unit has been set up by firefighters who are currently on the ground.

Same situation on the side of Jouy-sur-Morin. Of many streets were closed to traffic : rue Saint-Nicaise, Les Gailles, route du Marais, Buissoneaux, Pavé Lagarde and le Sainfoin. The town’s schools also remained closed until further notice. The city opened its community hall to receive victims. In Saint-Rémy-de-la-Vanne, the lake road has been closed to traffic.

A flood similar to 2016

If the rain stopped falling at the start of the day, the Grand Morin, for its part, continued to rise. On Vigicrues, the Meilleray station indicated that the level of the Grand Morin reached 3.35 meters Thursday noon. The historic flood of May 31, 2016, which remains the highest ever recorded in the sector, was at 3.44 metersaccording to Vigicrues.

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