This Sunday, January 26, 2025, all of Brittany is on orange weather alert. Ille-et-vilaine for floods, Morbihan for rains, Finistère and Côtes d'Armor for wind. In Ille-et-Vilaine, the Ille, Llet, Meu, Vilaine upstream, the cuttlefish and the Vilaine Médian are classified on orange alert by Vigicrues. The Town Hall of Rennes has made a decree to evacuate certain areas affected by the rise in waters.
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In his latest bulletin, published at 10 am, Vigicrues warns, the situation will be complicated: “This Sunday, a new disturbance tackles Brittany in the morning then the rains are reactivated in the evening. On the rivers already in flood, new increases are expected. “
All the upstream tributaries of the Vilaine are in flood, especially in the Rennes sector.
The Meu, the Ille, the Illet, the Vilaine upstream, the cuttlefish and the Vilaine Médien therefore remain in orange vigilance.
In the coasts of Armor and Morbihan, the Gouessant, Arguenon, Rance, Trieux, Leff, Gouët, Leguer, Guindy, Jaudy, and Laïta tilted into yellow alert.
“New rains are dreaded for these next hours in Brittany at the passage of two active fronts”, warns Steven Tual, Breton weather meteorologist. 40 to 60 mm are planned upstream of Laïta and Blavet where the situation will deteriorate. “
“The evolution could be very complicated in eastern Morbihan, the north of the Loire-Atlantique and the west of Ille-et-Vilaine where new rains (25 to 40 mm) are provided in a context where The floors are already dislocating a lot.
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The night was difficult for some Rennes. The Ille came out of his bed and the municipality made an evacuation decree for certain streets where water rose dangerously.
“We are on an unprecedented level of flood, This morning indicates Nathalie Appéré, the mayor of Rennes. We have flood values higher than those of 1981, a reference year. It is therefore a phenomenon that we have not seen for over 40 years.“
In Rennes, this January 26, 2025, the Vilaine overflows on the quays.
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Tonight, the streets Jean Claude Camors and the aisles Doctor Roger Maruel, Camille Godet and Alphonse Jarry were evacuated.
The youth hostel has also been emptied of its occupants.
Residents of a hundred houses were invited to leave their homes. “These houses are located behind a dike which protects them but this night, the water has passed over the dike“specifies Nathalie Appéré.
Part of the Motte-Brûlon district in Rennes is under waters this Sunday, January 26, 2025.
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The city of Rennes has opened two reception centers: the JULES ISAAC gymnasium, 9 rue du Morbihan and the
Constant-Véron gymnasium, located at 1 rue Constant-Véron. A third site in the city center is being opened to receive people who could not regain their homes.
26 people found refuge at the Constant-Véron gymnasium.
About twenty people evacuated because of the rise in the waters of the Ille in Rennes found refuge at the constant-veron gymnasium.
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“Teams of the municipal police, the Red Cross, agents and elected officials of the city are on site to accompany this evacuation. “
The Town Hall of Rennes has opened a crisis cell and made available to the inhabitants a telephone number, the 02 23 62 10 10.
Several districts are under surveillance, Motte-Brulon, Canal Saint-Martin and the Confluence and Prevalaye sectors. The water level is high, the streets are flooded, but for the moment, the inhabitants can stay at their home.
But elected officials fear that the peak has not yet been reached. Strong precipitation is expected in the coming hours. “”It could fall 20 to 40 mm of rain, warns Nathallie Appéré, It is the equivalent of 15 days of precipitation. “
On the metropolis of Rennes, 7 municipalities have activated their communal safeguard plan: Rennes, Guipry-Messac, Pacé, Bruz, Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche, Betton and Guichen.
In Guipry-Messac, the situation has already been complicated in recent days. This morning, the level reaches 2 m 65. The water rose faster than expected, the forecasts gave 2m 25.
Between 170 and 200 houses are affected by the flood.
In Guipry-Messac in Ille-et-Vilaine, the water rose to 2m65.
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“Strong precipitation of the past few hours have caused the furniture overflow on the roadway involving a closure of the RN 24 in the Rennes towards Lorient “direction”said Bison Futé in a press release. A deviation has been set up: “Release the RHEU by the RD288, to take the RN12 towards Saint-Brieuc, to go out towards Montfort-sur-Meu, continue on the RD72 then the RD62 to Bréal-sous-Montfort to find the RN24.” In the direction of Lorient towards Rennes, the left track is neutralized.
Since this morning 8:30 am, the SNCF has suspended the traffic of trains between Quimper and Landerneau and will do the same this evening from 9 p.m. between Rennes and Saint-Malo.
The SNCF warns that slowdowns will also be expected on the Lorient- Quimper lines this morning and on the Rennes-St Brieuc and Rennes-Vannes axes in the evening.
