En the space of just a few hours, the water level rose suddenly, as a storm hit the Creil and Lamorlaye areas in the south of the Oise. Between 6 p.m. and midnight, this Thursday, October 17, the alert center of the Oise Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) was literally overwhelmed with calls: 632 exactly, according to the figures communicated by the Oise prefecture. During this time, around 40 mm of rain fell on already soggy ground. This is the equivalent of two to three weeks of precipitation in normal times.
This Friday morning, the situation returned to normal and firefighters were mobilized for cellar pumping operations.
Yellow alert for floods on the Oise and Aisne
The Oise department was placed on orange rain and flood alert on Thursday October 17, between 6 p.m. and midnight, by Météo France. The weather watch was lifted at midnight. The two rivers which cross the east of the department, the Oise and the Aisne, are on flood yellow alert.
The phenomenon was very localized and affected 13 municipalities located in the south of the department, in which 184 interventions by firefighters took place. At the height of the event, 75 firefighters and 30 engines were mobilized, mainly in Nogent-sur-Oise (91 interventions) and Creil (33 interventions). Many cellars were flooded, as well as the underground of Creil station where 60 cm of water prevented its use for several hours.
Two people temporarily relocated
Three people were trapped by the rising waters, and were evacuated by firefighters, and two people from the same family were rehoused after a strong smell of fuel oil was noticed in their home. After checking, it turned out that this smell came from the overflow of an outdoor tank. No injuries were reported.
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