This Tuesday morning, the Saône-et-Loire department is still on orange “rain and flood” alert. Last night, it rained a lot in the department and it is raining again this morning. The Saône-et-Loire firefighters intervened around fifteen times last night for flooded cellars and garages, but there was no evacuation of residents.
According to the Vigicrue monitoring site, the Ciry-le-Noble and Louhans stations are on yellow alert. The level of the Bourbince river has continued to rise in recent hours and is under surveillance. In the department, several ditches have become blocked due to heavy rainfall. Some roads are closed to traffic in the east of the department in Sornay, near Louhans. According to the Météo France vigilance sitethe accumulations of rain are more “particularly significant in Bresse and Revermont”, with waves of water of the order of 30 to 50 mm in 3 hours, notably 45.7 mm in Louhans (71) and 44, 7 mm to Column (35).
In the Côte-d’Or department, there is a lot of rain again this morning, but no flooding to report to you at this time. Watch out for rivers of water on the sides of the roads and aquaplanning if you are driving. The alert lasts until 3 p.m. this Tuesday afternoon, but could extend to the neighboring departments of Saône-et-Loire: in Côte-d’Or and in Doubs.
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