“We did not believe the danger was so threatening”: when Angers was flooded in 1936
Thirty years ago, considerable rains in Anjou – a thousand liters of water, or one ton per m2 – caused the flood of the century, from January 23 to February 7, 1995.
The XXe century saw three major floods: 1910, 1936 and 1995. On January 30, 1995, Maine shattered its records: 6.69 …