The Nied basin reached a flood peak with a height of around five meters this Saturday, May 18, after “the equivalent of more than a month of rain” fell the day before on the department of ‘East. There are no casualties at this time.
After the torrential rains of old, the raging rivers. The Moselle was placed on red flood alert in the early hours of this Saturday, May 18 by Météo-France, due to a “exceptional flood” Nieds rivers, with a peak “of the order of five meters”, according to Vigicrues. The monitoring service reports a “direct and generalized threat to the security of people and property”.
“The exceptional rains observed caused a rapid rise in all the watercourses of the Nieds watershed”notes Vigicrues on its site Saturday morning.
“On the French Nied, the moderate reaction will continue” Saturday in the sectors “d’Ancerville and Condé-Northen”warns Vigicrues, also announcing a “significant reaction” of the German Nied which “will continue Saturday and Sunday” in the “Faulquemont and Varize” sectors. “On the Nied Réunée, the flood peak, with a height of around five meters, is underway in the Filstroff sector”details the same Source.
The height reached exceeds “the historic floods of April/May 1983 and February 1997”, notes Vigicrues. The height of the flood of the German Nied in the commune of Faulquemont on February 26, 1997 was measured at 3.49 meters, and at 4.35 meters the same day in Filstroff for the united Nied (same height in May 1983), reports a surveillance regulation dated 2020 available on the Vigicrues website.
The Moselle had been placed on red rain-flood alert on Friday, but the alert was downgraded to orange at 10 p.m. The department experienced abundant rainfall: “the equivalent of more than a month of rain fell in less than 24 hours”explained the prefecture on Friday evening, referring to an “impressive but not dramatic” situation and not deploring “no deaths or injuries”.
More than 1,000 firefighters and 642 engines were mobilized to respond to the emergency, according to state services. Neighboring Bas-Rhin was kept on orange flood alert by Météo-France at 6 a.m., while the alert was downgraded to yellow for the Vosges and Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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