La Calonne and la Touques emerged from their beds in Pont-l’Évêque, Sunday December 8, 2024, following the flooding caused by the passage of storm Darragh in Normandy this weekend. The rising water levels were highest around 10 a.m., according to Mayor Yves Deshayes. The lake greenway and fields were flooded. As well as the land in the station area.
“The situation is, for us, more or less under control. We observe a decline in the Calonne. And on Touques, it seems to have stabilized for an hour,” said Mayor Yves Deshayes at noon at the Pont-L’Évêque emergency center.
Read also: Storm Darragh. The wind caused damage in Normandy: what should we expect this Sunday?
“We have positioned reinforcements”
“We carried out reconnaissance operations. We are in a situation of anticipation. We positioned reinforcements. In addition to the firefighters from the Pont-l’Évêque rescue center, we have reinforcements from the neighboring centers of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, Moyaux and Honfleur. underlined Captain Frédéric Gilles de Caen.
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