Paris town hall wants to prepare residents for the risk of flooding with “a major awareness-raising operation”

During this exercise, which could take place in April 2025, “all Parisians will be invited to meetings in district town halls,” mayor Anne Hidalgo told AFP.

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, within the framework of a program known as “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 to take 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 Paris strategy in the face of risks (flood, pandemic, attack, cyberattack, heatwave, etc.) will be voted on at the next Paris Council in mid-November.

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”.