Published on 01/11/2024 14:06
Updated on 01/11/2024 15:48
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Boris Weliachew, major risks architect, warns of the major consequences that a hundred-year flood of the Seine could have in Paris while the results of the monster floods which hit the Valencia region in Spain showed at least 158 deaths on Friday November 1st. .
“In terms of flooding, the most terrible scenario that could happen today in France is that the Seine overflows and that will happen,” alert Boris Weliachew, major risks architect and flood engineer in the Franceinfo Talk Wednesday October 30 on Twitch.
The architect intervened while the The search for survivors continues in southeastern Spain after massive floods left at least 158 people dead. The toll could rise, while the episode is still ongoing on Friday November 1st.
>> Find here the latest updated information on floods in Spain
“We had a flood in 1910 and it will happen again, warns the architect, and the few retention basins that we have built will not be enough to cope with it. You should know that in the event of flooding, at the RATP, they always only have… sandbags.” In 1910, a major flood paralyzed the capital and caused colossal damage, bringing back with each rise in water the specter of the 100-year flood.
“The latest estimates still estimate that 350,000 people will be flooded, 700,000 people will be deprived of drinking water for several weeks, he continues. With Rungis and other stocks, we have enough to cover food and water needs for three, four, five days maximum.”
“It will be catastrophic: paralysis throughout the city, whether in terms of drinking water, electricity or transport networks.”
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“The impact will be monstrous, concludes the architect. Beyond the human damage, the financial damage is estimated at around 30 to 50 billion euros. Do you realize? While the Barnier fund only represents… 300 million euros.”
The “Barnier fund”, a public system, created in 1995 by Michel Barnier when he was Minister of the Environment, allows local authorities, small businesses and individuals to finance work to reduce the vulnerability of buildings exposed to natural disasters .
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