Seine-et-Marne and Eure-et-Loir still in red, what the end of the depression has in store

WEATHER – The decline has started in places, but several peaks are still expected locally. While the number of departments placed under high surveillance is reduced, Seine-et-Marne and Eure-et-Loir remain on red alert this Friday, October 11 for the risk of flooding after the passage of the Kirk depression over France. This level of vigilance, synonymous with “risk of major flooding” with “direct threat” for the safety of people and property remains in force until Saturday.

Météo-France only keeps Loir-et-Cher on orange alert at this stage and nearly twenty departments on yellow alert for this same risk in the departments heavily affected by the precipitation of recent days.

Since the start of the floods, nearly 860 interventions have been carried out by the emergency services, with 260 people “safeties”. Friday evening, 5,000 homes were still without electricity, according to Enedis. Mainly in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with 4,000 homes without electrical access.

The latest report from the Ministry of the Interior shows one serious injury and eleven minor injuries since the start of the bad weather and floods caused by Kirk.

Slow decline

In Eure-et-Loir, a “gradual return to normal” is already observed, indicated in the morning the prefect of the department, where almost half of the municipalities were affected by flooding. However, certain flood peaks are expected at the end of the day or at night, such as in the Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières sector.

The Loir reached a historically high level in this commune, 1.83 m compared to 1.80 m during the flood of January 1995, according to Vigicrues. The prefecture specifies that the decline will only take place during the night in Cloyes, whose town center has been invaded by water.

New depression expected on Saturday

Despite a return to calm, with the gradual return of rivers to their beds, several departments are now vigilantly monitoring the flood peaks expected for Saturday. As well as the expected passage of a new depression.

In Loir-et-Cher, still on orange alert, the mayor of the town of Vendôme said on BFMTV “prepare for the worst” while the level of the Loir continues to rise. The 1995 flood peak, established at 2.25 m of water, must also be reached. “The recent rains upstream of Vendôme are causing a rise in water levels delayed by around 24 hours”also explained the town hall in a press release. In this town, 80 patients were evacuated after the hospital was flooded.

In Seine-et-Marne, the prefecture estimates that “the passage of the depression expected tomorrow (Saturday) should not bring too much rain which could jeopardize the decline”. But the flood continues in certain sectors of the department. “In Crécy-la-Chapelle, we are in the ebb phase but it is quite slow” and some residents “are in psychological difficulties”specifies the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne.

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