The past week has been particularly turbulent weather-wise in our department. The vagaries of the sky began on Tuesday, October 8 with very heavy rains in the North Jura, with a very active rainy band from East to West, particularly affecting the areas near the Chaux forest.
In a few hours, heavy amounts of rain soaked the soil causing several floods in around thirty municipalities. Although fortunately the Doubs and La Loue did not emerge from their banks, on the other hand on the Villette-lès-Dole side, the Clauge overflowed, flooding the lower part of the village and several homes, with the intervention of the nautical brigade, order had been issued. given to evacuate around fifteen homes “a fairly exceptional situation” as demonstrated by Mayor Jean-Luc Legrand:
« I have lived here for 44 years and I have never seen the Clauge rise to such a level, in some garages there was 20 to 25 cm of water, we were forced to close traffic at the bottom of the main street and evacuate around fifteen homes. For those who had nowhere to go, we made the party room available. Solidarity was organized in the village to find sleeping bags and food. »
Ditto on the side of the Community of Communes of the Plaine Jura where the significant precipitation falling on the reliefs of the territory (such as for example in Gatey) was not sufficiently retained by the terrain. This resulted in numerous flooded basements in homes located lower down.
“We note that all recent buildings, subject to Flood Risk Prevention Plan (PPRI), are spared. So, certain standards are probably right to exist…” comments, with his characteristic relevance, President Christian Lagalice.
Some disruptions on the rails…
The severe weather conditions also had an impact on the rail network; on the Dole Besançon line, several trains had to be canceled or diverted with replacement coaches. The torrential rains led to a major landslide near Rochefort-sur-Nenon, which forced the TER Mobigo to stop at Mouchard (an additional 40 minutes) to reach the Franc-Comtoise capital. Return to normal no later than October 25, warns SNCF network.
Storm Kirk: with winds at 111km/h on the Jura, several homes without electricity!
As if this rainy episode had not been enough, on the night of Wednesday October 9 to Thursday October 10, storm Kirk came to sweep the Jura with winds up to 111 km/h, thus causing the fall of several trees and branches and numerous power cuts. This Thursday, October 10, at midday, ENEDIS counted 4,500 customers without electricity following the episode, indicated its departmental director Khalid Najib.
The most impacted sectors were those of the communities of communes of Plaine Jurassienne, Val d’Amour, Champagnole Nozeroy and Cœur du Jura. Khalid Najib wants to send a message of prevention: “ If you see an electrical cable on the ground, do not touch it and notify ENEDIS services directly. »
Weather conditions which led the Jura prefecture to activate the departmental operational center (COD): Thursday October 10, state services recorded 111 emergency interventions in the department, including no less than 78, for the day alone from October 8!
ES (With CK).
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