After Eure-et-Loire and Seine-et-Marne last week, the Center-East was affected on October 17, from Rhône to the Lozere. The red alerts were lifted on October 18, but 18 departments remain on orange alert. This is the case of the Loire where there is the town of Rive-de-Gier, particularly hit by violent rains.
In the shopping street, all that remains are cars embedded in each other. On the ground, a thick layer of mud. In the middle of the road, tree trunks crushed by the force of the water. Some homes are completely devastated. In shorts and boots, Jonathan tries to save what he can in his studio where the water rose to more than 1 meter in height in the space of a few hours, this Thursday, October 17.
“There is no more electricity,” he says, “everything has been invaded by water: the furniture, the clothes… I am recovering a little of what is dear to me, my important documents that I I’m going to dry it. And then the rest, we will see that later with the insurance companies.” Thousands of euros went up in smoke in the space of a few hours.
Bbakery, butcher, supermarket… No business has been spared. While some mop the floor with a headlamp, Franck, owner of a driving school, repairs his window with wooden plates and screws. “Tree trunks smashed the window and water seeped inside and I lost everything, the desk, the furniture, the computer,” he laments. nothing left to work with.” He estimates “600 euros per day” in operating losses.
The inhabitants of Rive-de-Gier wake up under the waters, October 18, 2024
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