Ille-et-Vilaine and Calvados will remain, this Saturday, January 25, on orange flood alert due to disruption caused by Storm Éowynindicated Météo-France in its latest bulletin. Morbihan has been downgraded to yellow vigilance, according to the forecaster's midnight update.
In Calvados, the orange alert concerns the Orne (middle and downstream) as well as the Dives, he specifies. In Ille-et-Vilaine, the Meu and the Illet are the rivers presenting “risks of significant flooding”, continues the public establishment. Monitoring body Vigicrues has warned of possible “major floods”, “power cuts”weakening or submersion of dikes, traffic disruptions, adding that underground areas “can be dangerous”.
“The expected front of Storm Éowyn is currently passing over Brittany until (Saturday) morning. Much of the precipitation will fall tonight, Friday into Saturdaywith a lull (Saturday) afternoon. River levels will continue to rise on all Breton rivers,” Vigicrues underlined Friday afternoon. “Normandy is under the influence of a western oceanic flow accompanied by disturbances which follow one another. “, he also explained.
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