During the night of Tuesday July 30 to Wednesday July 31, 2024, a stormy depression caused significant damage in Normandy. Particularly in the department of Eure, part of the territory of which found itself under water. Heavy rainfall caused flooding, accompanied by mudslides.
By ministerial decree of September 23, 2024, published in the Official Journal from September 28, 17 municipalities in Eure were recognized as being in a state of natural disaster. These are Boissey-le-Châtel, Bonneville-Aptot, Le Bosc-du-Theil, Évreux, Fauville, Fleury-la-Forêt, Guichainville, La Heunière, Houlbec-Cocherel, Malleville-sur-le-Bec, Le Mesnil-Fuguet, Saint-Germain-des-Angles, Saint-Léger-du-Gennetey, Saint-Pierre-du-Bosguérard, Le Thuit-de-l’Oison, Le Vieil-Evreux and Voiscreville.
The Eure prefecture indicates on its Twitter account that the victims now have 30 days, until October 28,
“to report their damage to their insurance”.
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Already in May…
In the same year 2024, but this time in May, torrential rains had already fallen on the region, causing floods and mudslides. At the beginning of August, the state of natural disaster was recognized for 20 Normandy municipalities, including three in Eure: Franqueville and Houlbec-Cocherel and Nassandres-sur-Risle.
In the ministerial decree of September 23, the villages of Pullay, Chavigny-Bailleul and Bézu-Saint-Éloi, which had also experienced heavy damage during the bad weather of 1isMay 21 and 23, were also recognized as a state of natural disaster.
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