The departments of Calvados and Ille-et-Vilaine will remain on orange flood alert on Saturday January 25 due to the disruptions caused by storm Éowyn, Météo-France reported in its latest bulletin published shortly after midnight. Morbihan has been downgraded to yellow vigilance, according to the forecaster's update.
In Calvados, the orange flood alert concerns the Orne (middle and downstream) as well as the Dives, he specifies. In Ille-et-Vilaine, the Meu, the Ille and the Illet are the rivers presenting “risk of significant flooding”continues the public establishment.
Monitoring body Vigicrues has warned of possible “significant flooding”of the “power outages”weakening or submersion of dikes, traffic disruptions, adding that underground areas “may be dangerous”.
“The expected front of Storm Éowyn is currently passing over Brittany, until [samedi] Morning. Much of the precipitation will fall tonight, Friday into Saturday, with a lull tomorrow afternoon. River levels will continue to rise on all Breton rivers”had underlined Vigicrues Friday afternoon. “Normandy is under the influence of a western oceanic flow accompanied by successive disturbances”he also explained.
As it passed over Ireland, Storm Eowyn caused wind gusts that reached 183 kilometers per hour near Galway, on the country's west coast, according to the Irish National Meteorological Agency.
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