Floods: red alert lifted in Normandy, confirmed recession in Paris – Le Monde

the situation now seems to be improving on the front of the weather. The flood of the Seine was limited, Sunday, June 5, in Normandy, where authorities have raised red vigilance introduced Saturday night. In Paris, the level of the river continues to fall

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• red alert lifted in the downstream sector of the Seine

a red alert has been lifted, Sunday morning, for the departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure, in Normandy. “Several overflows of the Seine were seen that night in the loop of Elbeuf and Rouen, but they have been limited and localized, and no major damage can be reported” , summarized the Seine-Maritime prefecture.

in detail, to date, the excesses were limited on the quays of Rouen, the high tide of Saturday noon, at which walkers flocked to enter the photo of the century that promised them the warning signals. As a precaution, the city of Rouen has indicated that it could at any time to close the roads on shore. A dozen river cruise ships that make cruises on the Seine between Paris and Honfleur are stationed at Rouen pending an improvement of navigation conditions on the river.

However, the banks of the Seine were submerged in the loop of the agglomeration Elbeuf at high tide, the river waters spreading in market gardens. The mayors have sometimes applied the precautionary principle as soon as Friday night in Elbeuf, Saint-Pierre-les-Elbeuf Caudebec-les-Elbeuf. The downstream sector of the Seine remains orange alert due to the significant rise of the river, which is explained by the coincidence of very high flow rates and strong tidal coefficients.

A total of 17 departments are placed on orange alert in Normandy, Ile-de-France, in Lorraine and in the Centre region. Vigicrues said particular still expect “a very moderate increase in Cher in Tours” , where that river flows into the Loire. Météo-France still plans rainfall over much of the country on Sunday.

• The decline continues in Paris

Paris and Ile-de-France, the worst seems to be over, as the continued rise brownish water until 6.10m, had caused concern. Seine confirmed its downward trend, falling to a level of 5.77 m at 8 am on Sunday in the capital.

Since its peak reached in the night of Friday to Saturday, the Seine regularly back down , one to two centimeters per hour. This is the biggest flood since 1982 (6.18 m), however, very far from the famous flood of 1910 (8.62 m)

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• four dead and twenty-four wounded

Since the beginning of the bad weather last weekend, four deaths and 24 injuries were reported, said Saturday Manuel Valls. The origin of the death of one of the four identified victims, an octogenarian, however, remains uncertain. In total, 20 000 people were evacuated, according to Manuel Valls.

About 11 300 households were still without power Sunday morning with a sharp drop in the number of people involved in the Loiret and Cher, . but a rise in the Val-de-Marne

in detail, in the Ile-de-France, 10,400 homes were still victims of cuts: 4500 in Essonne, 3500 in Seine et-Marne, 1800 in the Val-de-Marne and 600 further downstream in the Yvelines. Loiret, 250 households were left without electricity, 600 were affected in the Loir-et-Cher, and finally 50 clients were still covered in Cher (250).

Near the Place du Chatelet. In Paris and the Ile-de-France, the level of the Seine raises concerns. In the capital, where the level yellow alert has been activated, the rising water is quick.

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As for the Paris transport disruptions remain relevant. The RATP, which triggered Friday its prevention plan, guard closed, preventively, two underground stations and a nearby RER station river (Cluny la Sorbonne, line 10, and Saint-Michel, line 4 and RER B ).

for the SNCF, which has three of its partially cut lines in the Ile-de-France, return to “normal traffic is not expected before the second half of the week next “, according to its president, Guillaume Pepy. Traveling in a flooded area of ​​Crosne (Essonne), the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls has also called for an end “as soon as possible” of the strike at the SNCF, for him “totally incomprehensible” in the context of the weather.

a major operation has allowed Sunday to evacuate 200 cars blocked since Tuesday between two sheets of water on a stretch of the A10 north of Orleans, and to begin the evacuation of hundreds of trucks, according Vinci Highway. To release these vehicles, the construction group had to organize an exceptional construction site on this stretch of the highway closed to traffic. It was necessary to create a corridor 800 meters long on one of the sheets of water by installing a dam with no less than 3000 bags 2 tons of debris each.

• costs and claims

While it is premature to quantify the cost of the floods, the first evaluations and list of upcoming spending suggest a higher cost than billion. According to the Minister of Finance Michel Sapin, these floods will “heavy consequences” to the affected areas, “but not for the French economy” .The victims will be compensated by insurers once recognized the state of natural disaster, this should be done on Wednesday.

a first estimate of the French insurance Association (AFA) says “600 million euros “, but meanwhile, Maif advance near $ 2 billion. According to the Argus Insurance, more than 43 000 claims had been reported as of Friday

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Seine-et-Marne, a thousand companies were affected, according to the county council, “of which 300 to 500 with a risk to the sustainability of the company” . The department has already released “emergency envelope of EUR 600 000 for the accommodation of victims and first level help” and evaluates 300 000 cost of the massive cleanup of 220 affected municipalities. The town of Longjumeau (Essonne), it assesses its damage at 2.8 million: roads, municipal vehicles washed away, street furniture …

agriculture side, the “tens of thousands of hectares” in the Val-de-Loire and the Paris basin have been affected, according to Xavier Beulin, president of the FNSEA. “For today and still submerged lands where there will be no harvest behind, it is a loss of 1 000 to 1 500 euro per hectare depending on the crop between corn or grain “, he said. For gardeners, excessive rains devastated the plants ready to be sold this season, as the strawberry field and salads.

• Museums reopen gradually

the Louvre museum busiest in the world with 9 million visitors a year, must remain closed until Tuesday included, as well as the Musée d’Orsay. The Grand Palace, which had closed its doors Friday reopened Sunday

The two Parisian sites of the National Library of France. – François Mitterrand and Arsenal – closed to the public and researchers since Friday also, reopen Monday.