An evacuation decree was taken by the city of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) on Saturday evening, due to a risk of floods this Sunday, in connection with the Herminia storm. Nine departments of France are thus on orange alert, announcement Météo-France, including the Ille-et-Vilaine for the risk of floods.
The decree concerns rue Jean Claude Camors and the alleys Doctor Roger Maruel, Camille Godet and Alphonse Jarry. “Residents must leave their home by favoring accommodation with relatives,” says the municipality on social networks. If necessary, two reception centers were opened by the city, in connection with the Red Cross, at the Jules Isaac gymnasium and the Constant-Véron gymnasium. »»
“These are dwellings that are behind a dike that normally protects them, but there the water has passed over the dike” commented the mayor of the city, Nathalie Appéré, during a press point on Sunday morning. The sector has a hundred homes, according to the mayor. “Most of the people went to relatives, some chose not to stay, and we had 26 people welcomed last night” in one of the two gymnasiums, “she added.
New rainy front this Sunday
“We are today at values which are higher than those that we had noted in 1981, which was a reference year of an important flood,” continued the elected official.
-The city also indicates that a “new rainy front will arrive during the day on Brittany, and should generate significant accumulation” and that “the vigilance raw bulletin published at 6 am [ce dimanche] Confirms that the rise of waters continues, especially in the sectors of the Ille canal, some of which have been evacuated, and Vilaine called “median”, with difficulties observed in Apigné and around the Saint-Cyr park. »»
West France Add that the mill clinic, located south of Rennes, is being evacuated this Sunday. His 85 patients, suffering from psychiatric disorders, are invited to return to relatives, or they will be led to other establishments in the region.
The city of Rennes has activated its communal safeguard plan. A crisis unit “is permanently mobilized. “A high level of vigilance is recommended” insists the municipality. An episode of violent wind is also expected this Sunday, the city parks will remain closed due to the risk of falls of branches and trees.
