Floods: Rennes in front of floods never seen for forty years [En images]

The surveys speak for themselves: at the Saint-Martin lock, on the edge of the downtown Rennes, the flood reached 1,39 m on the night of Saturday to Sunday. More than in 2000 and not very far from the 1.57 m record recorded in 1981. The water level should not go down in the coming hours due to a new episode of intense precipitation, according to Vigicrues. Who does not spread that the 81 record is reached.

“We are faced with a phenomenon that had not occurred for forty years,” said the mayor of Rennes this Sunday morning, from the crisis unit the day before. Consequence: several sectors of the city have had their feet in the water since Saturday. Starting with the Ille Canal sector, where a hundred homes and the youth hostel were evacuated on Saturday evening. Many streets in the area are flooded, offering sometimes spectacular images.

Other sectors of the city are also underwater. In particular the confluence, at the end of the email François Mitterrand, where the Ille joins the Vilaine. Or even in apigné. Three gymnasiums were opened to accommodate the victims. A call center has been opened by the city*, which also performs door-to-door operations in affected areas to identify any difficult situations.