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“Due to the current Cévennes episode upstream of the Loire, a flood wave will propagate downstream during the next night,” the Saône-et-Loire prefecture informed this Thursday evening. In fact, the levels of the Loire Nivernaise and the Loire Charolaise will increase in Gilly-sur-Loire and Digoin, leading to these two sections being placed on yellow alert.
The prefecture reminds that forecasts are directly accessible on Vigicrues with real-time graphs.
Saône-et-Loire on yellow alert
Since this Thursday morning and until Friday 6 a.m., Saône-et-Loire has been placed on yellow alert for rain, floods and storms, just like the neighboring departments: Côte-d’Or, Ain, Jura, Nièvre and Allier. This is the first level of vigilance. “Be careful if you practice activities sensitive to weather risks or near a shore or a watercourse. Usual phenomena in the region but occasionally and locally dangerous are indeed expected. »
The situation has deteriorated significantly since this morning in the Rhône, Loire and Haute-Loire, on red alert like Ardèche, Lozère and the Alpes-Maritimes.
The A47 is closed between Saint-Etienne and Lyon near Givors and Ternay. Rail traffic between Lyon and Saint-Etienne is interrupted. The Gier is placed on red alert, other rivers are overflowing. Lhe SNCF has announced a probable interruption of train traffic in the Rhône Valley due to weather conditions.
According to information from Progress, environ 1,000 firefighters were mobilized in the region and nearly 900 people were evacuated.
In the Loire, a man escaped the worst on the Tour de Chavanay bridge, carried away by the Valencize, a stream that had become a torrent. The town saw a wave caused by the collapse of a bridge in Pélussin.
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