In the Loire, if you can, postpone all your trips until Friday, in the middle of the day. Torrential rains fell on the department. Because of the rain, the Loire and Haute-Loire have been on red flood alert since Thursday morning, the Loire is also on orange alert for “rain-flood”. A bridge was torn down by La Valencize in Chavanay, a footbridge swept away in Bourg-Argental by the flood of the Déôme. Material damage is already numerous this Thursday midday in the Loire.
No train between Saint-Étienne and Lyon
Another consequence of these torrential rains: train traffic is interrupted “all day” between Saint-Étienne and Lyon, “due to weather conditions which caused significant flooding on the line”explains the SNCF this Thursday morning on its X account. Questioned by an Internet user on the social network, the railway company specifies that “coaches were ordered to ensure the connection” more “the resumption is not planned before tomorrow morning”, or Friday. The railway company ensures that its teams are “mobilized to ensure the best possible service in these particular conditions” and invites users to “check the train timetable before going to the station”.
The A47 cut in both directions in Givors
Furthermore, the A47 motorway is cut at Givors, in both directions of traffic. The roads are partly flooded. In Rive-de-Gier, the situation is the most critical: nurseries, schools, middle schools, high schools, childminders’ homes are called to evacuate. Parents are invited to come and pick up the children.
Julien Frenoy
Several flood records have been broken in the Loire. The Gier rose 4.79 meters at 10:30 a.m., surpassing the 2008 flood record (4.22 meters). The Loire prefecture calls for the greatest caution. The weather event may last “up to 36 hours”she warns again.
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