Emergency measures. “Schools will be closed from 4 p.m.”declared Thursday October 17 on franceinfo Sophie Elizéon, prefect of Ardèche, while the department was placed on red alert for “rain-flooding” by Météo France. This precautionary measure applies to “the whole department”she specifies. Follow our live
. Safeguard measures in Annonay. The Ardèche prefecture has triggered its municipal protection plan, it announced on Facebook. All schools and nurseries were evacuated, parents had to pick up their children before 11 a.m. School and urban transport are at a standstill. Several public establishments have been closed: the media library, the theater and the Maison de la Musique. Motorists are prohibited from retrieving their vehicles parked in basements.
Two departments on red alert, 21 in orange. Haute-Loire and Ardèche were placed on red alert on Thursday by Météo-France. Haute-Loire is on alert Thursday and Friday for the risk of flooding at the Lignon du Velay river, and Ardèche for “rain-flooding” (Thursday until 10 p.m.). In total, 21 departments in the southern half were placed on orange alert for “rain-flood”, “thunderstorms” and floods” for Thursday.
Rail traffic interrupted between Saint-Etienne and Lyon. Train traffic is interrupted “all day” between Saint-Etienne and Lyon, “because of the weather conditions which caused significant flooding on the line”, explained SNCF on Thursday on its X account. The railway company specifies that of the “coaches were ordered to ensure the connection” more “resumption is not planned before tomorrow morning”.
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