Heavy rain associated with Storm Kirk eased this Thursday morning and rail traffic was “generally improving” by midday after being locally interrupted in five regions. The passage of the Kirk depression caused flooding and falling trees on the tracks.
The storm, however, continues to cross Ile-de-France towards the northeast, leaving some 65,000 homes still without electricity. In addition, 35 departments are still placed on orange “wind” and “rain” vigilance. The death toll so far stands at one death. A boater died off the coast of Sète and another is in absolute emergency, announced the Hérault prefecture.
A resident in a flooded street in Pommeuse, in the department of Seine-et-Marne, east of Paris, October 10, 2024. Before the peak of floods expected at midday, streets and businesses were already flooded in the morning, but only one family had to be relocated for the moment and the school was closed as a precaution. In a press release, the prefect of the department “recommended that populations postpone (their) travel”. — D. Dilkoff
Depression Kirk dumped record rain on the capital on Wednesday October 9. According to Météo-France data, 70 mm of rain was recorded in twenty-four hours at the Paris-Montsouris station, in the 14th arrondissement, making it the rainiest autumn day in more than a hundred years. years in the capital. — M. Fourmy
A road sign reading “road blocked” displayed on a flooded street in Pommeuse, in Seine-et-Marne, east of Paris. The department is still on red alert for flooding this Thursday. — D. Dilkoff
Unlucky (but not too crowded) tourists shelter under umbrellas aboard the Bateaux-Mouches, October 9, 2024, as the remnants of Hurricane Kirk cause heavy rain in central Paris. In the capital, the precipitation caused interventions at prestigious sites, from the National Assembly to the Museum of the Armed Forces. — K. Ridley
A resident in a flooded street in Pommeuse, in Seine-et-Marne, east of Paris, October 10, 2024. “It’s a strong flood, not the flood of the century, but we are at the moment at the level of the 2016 flood, at 3.40 meters,” indicated the mayor of Pommeuse, Christophe de Clerck, during a press point. “This is the fourth time this year that these people have been flooded,” he lamented. — D. Dilkoff
Heavy rainfall could reach 100 mm in places, aggravated by wind gusts of more than 110 km/h. Here, a road in Loire-Atlantique, during the passage of Kirk. — E. Ruiz
In the center of Louhans, the height of the river, the Seille, rises further, covering walking paths, in Saône-et-Loire, October 9, 2024. At the national level, several rivers are under orange or orange flood alert. red, particularly in the departments of Eure-et-Loir and Deux-Sèvres or in Ile-de-France. — S. Dolidze