Paris City Hall wants to prepare the capital's residents for “flood risk” by offering them “a major awareness-raising operation”

Paris' new “resilience strategy” in the face of risks (flood, pandemic, attack, cyber-attack, heatwave, etc.) will be voted on at the next Paris Council in mid-November.

And “in situ crisis exercise”simulating a flood of the Seine, will soon be included in the diaries of Parisians. After the floods which devastated the south-east of Spain, the Paris town hall will offer in 2025 to the inhabitants of the capital “a major awareness-raising operation” to the risk of flooding in the event of flooding of the Seine, as part of a program of “resilience” of the city, presented Friday November 8.

During this exercise, which “could take place in April 2025”, “all Parisians will be invited to meetings in district town halls, with internet access, to explain to them what behavior to expect from everyone in the event of a flood”mayor Anne Hidalgo told AFP. The authorities, “are ready, with plans and regular exercises on the Seine, but I would like us to be able to raise awareness among the general population of Paris, to give them the capacity for action by becoming informed and trained”she added.

Parisians will also be made aware of the measures to “improve the resilience of their homes”while the municipality will carry out “experimental developments to reduce urban runoff”. The news “resilience strategy” of Paris in the face of risks (flood, pandemic, attack, cyber-attack, heatwave, etc.) will be voted on at the next Paris Council in mid-November.

It aims in particular to “develop risk culture, that is to say knowledge of local risks and the reflexes to adopt in the event of a crisis, and to strengthen local mutual aid between Parisians”explains Pénélope Komitès, deputy mayor in charge of innovation, attractiveness and resilience. The plan includes 50 concrete actions, including regular crisis exercises with the population, the implementation of a plan “very hot” to protect people on the streets during heatwaves and the creation of a “resilience campus”.