Major traffic jams formed in Marseille as heavy rain fell in the Marseille city this Tuesday, October 8 in the morning. Several neighborhoods are flooded.
Watch out for flooding. The city of Marseille woke up with its feet in the water this Tuesday, October 8 as heavy rains drenched the Marseille city.
Several neighborhoods were affected this Tuesday morning such as Saint-Barnabé in the 12th arrondissement.
Around the Old Port, for example, a sewer manhole was opened by the water escaping there while several streets found themselves flooded.
In a message on the social network “All city agents and firefighters are working hard to return to normal,” Benoît Payan also assures.
Traffic paralyzed in Marseille
Very rainy storms fell in Marseille, as did a good part of Bouches-du-Rhône. More than 50 liters of water per m2 fell in a short time between Cassis and Marseille, and the heavy rains continued around 8:20 a.m.
Traffic jams of several kilometers have formed in the city center of Marseille, traffic is completely paralyzed there.
Traffic is also completely saturated on various roads in the department; for example, it currently takes an hour to travel between Aubagne and Marseille.
Not far from there, the Alpes-Maritimes were placed on orange alert for rain and flooding between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. this Tuesday. All schools have also been closed as a precaution.
Cindy Chevaux and Marc Hay with Alixan Lavorel
