By Editorial L’Aigle
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May 2, 24 at 4:14 p.m.
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The Vie river burst its banks early on Thursday, May 2, impacting around fifteen homes in Vimoutiers (Orne) located mainly at the city of Near Cakes And avenue du Général-de-Gaulle as well as Rural family homeTHE green spaces service and the bowling alley.
People brought to safety
Not to mention the flooded cellars as well as landslides and falling trees which occurred at La Bergerie and La Hunière.
But no casualties have been reported. Around fifteen people were brought to safety.
Firefighters were called in around 3:50 a.m.
Reinforcement
Around ten Vimoutiers, supported by the Argentan Flood Unit, intervened. At the end of the morning, they benefited from the reinforcement of colleagues from Sainte-Scolasse and Trun, around fifteen firefighters in total.
Solidarity between neighbors
“Our priority is to make sure people are safe. In this regard, we must salute the solidarity that has been shown between neighbors,” says Captain Pestel, adding “that we then proceed to dry out the premises.”
A task that will occupy them for a good part of the day. It must be said that torrential rains fell on the area, at the end of the evening after an already very rainy day.
A water level monitored like milk on the fire
Roger Bansard, president of the fishing association, noted “48 mm of water fell between yesterday, Wednesday, and this morning”.
The water level was monitored like milk on fire, as evidenced by Michel Bigot, deputy mayor, on deck (literally and figuratively) during the evening and night with the mayor, Guy Romain.
“We turned the city lights back on and mobilized city and Cdc agents,” explains Michel Bigot.
A smaller scale
This new flood is of lesser magnitude than that of June 12, 2018 with housing flooded to a height of 40 cm, compared to 1 meter, or even 1.50 m in 2018.
But residents at Prés Gâteaux and nearby express their fed up and even their anger, like Sylviane Cardoso And Véronique Moreau.
“We haven’t seen anything move since 2018! »
They deplore that since 2018, “we don’t see anything moving. We can’t live with raised furniture all the time”, but also “that we don’t know when it’s overflowing”.
Why not alert us by the siren or by the siren of a fire engine?
However, local residents say, “we receive SMS alerts from our insurance when there is a risk”. The problem is that “it’s quite often, for nothing”. So, by force…
A planned meeting
Faced with the discontent aroused by this new flood and the uncertainties which remain about the future, PhiLippe Touchain, deputy mayor, is considering “organizing a meeting before the end of June with local residents to see what they expect from us and to listen to them”.
He recalls “that a study on risk and flood prevention is underway”.
The Prés Gâteaux district affected
Baptiste Bisson found himself waking up “around 3:30 a.m. My young dog wanted to go out, so I went outside. The river was not yet overflowing. »
It started at the lowest level of the street and seeing that the level was rising I woke up my neighbors on the ground floor, as well as as many people as possible so that they could shelter their cars.
“The firefighters arrived quickly.”
Keep cars safe
Jean-Pierre Delaroque lives on the first floor. It helps evacuate water from common areas.
“It was the noise in the stairwell and the firefighters evacuating people from the ground floor that woke me up. I went to secure my car and those of neighbors.”
He also welcomed his neighbor downstairs into his home, Yvette Lailler, 85 years old. She is still overcome with emotion. “I was woken up by the firefighters and when I got up, my feet were in the water! Jean-Pierre told me to come to his house. I’m all turned upside down, we’ll have to clean everything up.”
Contact insurance
Responsible for Orne habitat in the Argentan sector, Thomas Aubourg is on site.
“Tenants should contact their insurance for those whose homes have been flooded, in order to receive support for temporary rehousing. In the event that longer-term rehousing is necessary, we will ensure this rehousing.”
Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle
The rural family home was not spared but “it is much smaller compared to 2018” consoles the director, Christine Chalambert alerted by Mayor Guy Romain “at 4:15 a.m. We were able to evacuate the vehicles and raise what we could”.
The boiler, however, was flooded. “Our interns will return in around ten days. I hope we will be able to accommodate them.”
40cm of water in the house
Right next to the MFR, Monique Tronchet, 78 years old, says she is “tired of all this”. His house was flooded again with 40 cm of water inside.
“In 2018, everything had been redone” indicates his son, Stéphane. Today “as soon as there is a storm we live in fear”.
Rue de la Ribaudière
The green spaces service, whose greenhouses are located near the river, and in addition to having its feet in the water, has lost “three quarters of our plants and a good half of the flowers” indicates the manager , Bruno Blanchouin.
The bowling alley was damaged.
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