Like the Loire and the Ardèche, the Rhône department and the metropolis of Lyon were placed on red flood vigilance and orange rain-flood vigilance by Météo France, Thursday October 17.
According to the weather forecast, a rainy-stormy episode has been crossing the department since 10 a.m. this morning. Accumulated precipitation ranging from 50 to 150 millimeters is forecast until the middle of the next night.
According to the Rhône prefecture, firefighters have already carried out 112 interventions mainly linked to flooding of premises.
Red alert in the Rhône: the Gier flood worries the authorities
This is the situation around Games which worries forecasters and authorities the most. “The flood reaches levels higher than those of 2008”announces Rhône prefecture at midday in a press release. The Inverse and the Mornantet are also in flood.
Faced with the situation, prefect Fabienne Buccio activated the departmental operational center and the prefecture “mobilizes all necessary means to ensure the safety of property and people“.
The Metropolitan Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDMIS) has simultaneously activated its operational center at red level. Remote command posts were deployed to Givors et Pierre-Bénite alongside the communal command posts of these two cities.
Around Lyon: roads cut due to flooding, Thursday October 17
Ces heavy precipitation also impact the road and rail axes. At midday, the situation is as follows:
• the A47 motorway was closed from interchange no. 10 Givors Ouest (Saint-Étienne>Lyon) and at the Ternay node (Lyon>Saint-Étienne); Road users should bypass the area via the A89 and A72 in both directions.
• the departmental roads D502, D488, D386, D342, D150, D140, D124, D105, D103, D86, D83, D28, D30 are impassable;
• rail traffic between Lyon and Saint-Étienne is interrupted until at least this evening.
The Rhône prefecture recommends the greatest vigilance in the face of unpredictable rising water levels.
