A boater died off the coast of Sète and another is in absolute emergency due to the strong swell shaking the Hérault which caused three boats to capsize. Enedis also announced that more than 64,000 customers were without electricity at 7 p.m., mainly in the South-West. A risk of “strong to exceptional” flooding on the Grand Morin River, a sub-tributary of the Seine, justified the placement of Seine-et-Marne on red alert, according to Vigicrues.
Noirmoutier hospital flooded
In addition to Seine-et-Marne, where school transport will be suspended this Thursday, 29 departments are still placed on orange vigilance on Wednesday, including 20 for “rain-flood”, eight for “wind” and three for floods (Alpes-Maritimes, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vendée), some may be for two vigilances, details the Météo-France bulletin published at 8 p.m. A month of rain was expected in one day on an axis going from Vendée to Champagne-Ardenne, to the south of Picardy via the Paris region.
In Noirmoutier-en-l’île in Vendée, the hospital center was affected by a flood, which did not require evacuation at this stage, according to the Vendée prefecture. Many roads have been and sometimes still are flooded in many sectors of the department. Firefighters have carried out 134 interventions since the start of the storm and received more than 536 calls. In Pays de la Loire, heavy rains led to flooding on certain tracks, interrupting rail traffic in places.
