A resident of Valserres has been the victim of continuous flooding since the beginning of September. She feels abandoned by the town hall, but experts believe that the community is not responsible.
For two months, Céline has been living a real nightmare. Since the beginning of September, this resident of Valserres (Hautes-Alpes) has been the victim of floods of such magnitude that they risk compromising the structure of her house.
In her flooded room, she tries using a dome to collect the water in a bucket before quickly emptying it into the kitchen sink. “I have to do that every ten minutes,” Céline confides to BFM DICI.
That day, Haute-Alpine did not hide his fatigue: his features drawn, the flooding of his house occupied all his thoughts daily. The night before, she slept barely four hours. “It’s extremely exhausting, I don’t know what to do anymore,” she sighs.
Every day is a source of anxiety, with fear stuck to your stomach. The risk today is that the water ends up damaging the load-bearing walls.
“The floor is constantly soaked,” she points out as she walks around the room. “The water infiltrates through the exterior wall and continues against the main wall of the house before stopping in a corner.”
Céline legally at fault according to experts
Her distress is all the more profound as she does not know where the flood is coming from. Among the probable hypotheses: a leak in the pipes or even a source which passes under his house and which appeared following the recent rains.
Without a solution, Céline therefore turned to the town hall, which carried out tarring work and laid pipes to collect rainwater, without success. Today, the water is still flowing.
Contacted by the editorial staff of BFM DICI, the mayor of Valserres believes for his part that he has done what is necessary.
“It’s surely a source that reactivated after the heavy rains,” he says. “We are waiting for the expert’s report and that of the resident.”
Experts noted the flooding on Thursday November 7 and considered that the municipality was in no way responsible for the work. Céline is legally at fault, since she is responsible for waterproofing the walls of her house.
News which represents up to 10,000 euros of work for Céline. A hard blow, especially since she is currently unemployed and who already knows that the insurance will not cover the work. At least now she knows what to do, even if the nightmare is not about to end.
