Floods: two departments kept on red alert, four in orange after the passage of storm Kirk

The situation remains tense and under surveillance this Friday morning. Seine-et-Marne and Eure-et-Loir are kept on red alert by Météo France, Aisne, Calvados, Sarthe and Loir-et-Cher on orange alert.

Red vigilance is synonymous with “risk of major flooding” with “direct threat” to the safety of people and property.

In Seine-et-Marne, placed on red flood alert from Wednesday afternoon, the Grand Morin, a tributary of the Marne, burst out of its bed, submerging fields, businesses and roads in places, and flooding the stadium, a factory and houses in the town of Pommeuse.