YOUR IMAGES Normandy. Two departments of Normandy, the Seine-Maritime and Eure , placed in red vigilance, Saturday, June 4, 2016, are ironed orange, Sunday, June 5 The images on Normandy-news.
Normandy remained under surveillance, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in the afternoon. Two departments, the Seine-Maritime and Eure , were placed in red alert , the previous day, before returning to orange . The authorities fear, after a week of storms that left four dead throughout France, the effects on the Seine flooded of high tide from the estuary.
Rouen docks flooded. The Seine has invaded much of the docks of Rouen Sunday, June 5, 2016 in mid-afternoon, just before a period of strong tidal coefficients, but the situation which has hitherto been little damage in Normandy, is expected to stabilize, according to Seine-Maritime prefecture . A rising water was provided between 16 hours and 17 hours on the downstream of the Seine because of strong tides coming from the estuary. This rise has materialized in Rouen at least two hours before, when the river has covered much of the waterfront in the center of the city, disrupting the Sunday stroll for walkers, joggers and cyclists. Restaurants and other institutions based on “low platforms”, below the streets of the city were forced to bring their customers through back doors and either side Seine. Panorama XXL, huge cylinder placed on the quays of the right bank, which offers the public a new canvas 360 of the German artist Yadegar Asisi on the theme of Rouen in 1431 to the death of Joan of Arc, was entering visitors with its administrative offices.
cruise ships from Paris and to return to the capital were moored pending recession. However, the barges were allowed to circulate, even if they were rare on the river. According to an official of the prefecture, the situation should stabilize on Monday. “We should see a peak between 16 hours and 17 hours (Sunday, Ed), then another in the night from Sunday to Monday, between 4:00 and 5:00, but the situation will stabilize,” he said . He cited as positive factors the decline in Paris, already a notable stabilization in Vernon (Eure) upstream of the loop of Elbeuf, the most sensitive area, and a near absence of rainfall.
Placed red alert Saturday night “as a precaution”, and at the insistence of the Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal, downstream of the Seine, between Poses (Eure) and the estuary, has returned to orange alert Sunday morning. According to the prefectural source, a new update will be made on Monday morning for the maintenance or not of the orange alert. Since the rising water, no evacuation of residents by firefighters had been reported in the Eure and Seine-Maritime on Sunday afternoon. In the area of Elbeuf, some cellars were flooded and crops in the fields. Hoppers were closed, right bank, Rouen, disrupting traffic
- Rising Seas, flooding of the Seine … the situation live and in images, in Normandy.
the post-flood is organized
Elsewhere in France, the post-flood is organized. And north of Orléans (Loiret) , the 300 vehicles stranded by flooding on the A10 began to be evacuated Sunday morning. Significant work has created a dry canal for tow trucks, told Vinci Autoroutes to AFP . The operator, however, is unable to indicate when the highway will be fully drained and reopened.
Farmers in affected Seine-Maritime
Normandy , two departments were placed on red alert Saturday (Seine-Maritime and Eure), the Seine was certainly still mounted, especially in the loop Elbeuf (Seine-Maritime) , a meander located about twenty kilometers south of Rouen (Seine-Maritime) , where authorities feared major overflows into the night. But the effects have been limited and the danger does not appear imminent. Some roads on the river were closed to traffic, but the houses were not really affected.
“There is indeed a rising water, with very localized places”
No particular concern today, some cellars were flooded by water infiltration essentially, allotments also said the PS mayor of Elbeuf, Djoude Merabet, to AFP.
“it is well that there is indeed seen a rise in the water, with very localized areas where the Seine bursts its banks but ( …) the situation is worrying, “said the one. In the fields nearby, some farmers are struggling, whether for their fields or for their animals
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Prudence during high tides
The passage in red Saturday night vigilance was decided at the insistence of the Minister of the Environment, Segolene Royal, said fear of storms which did not materialize, and the conjunction of the flood phenomenon from the Paris region and very high tidal coefficients. and the storms are announced in the coming hours.
The decline is confirmed in Paris
In Paris, the recession has confirmed the level of the Seine back down to 5.77 meters at 8 am while the continuous rise of water up to 6.10 m in the night from Friday to Saturday had caused concern. The water level drop of one to two centimeters per hour. This is the biggest flood since 1982 in the capital (6.18 m this year), however, very far from that of 1910 (8.62 m). Firefighters of Paris began on Sunday around 10 am Bercy Bridge a pumping operation expected to last at least five hours to remove an amount of water estimated at 5000 m 3 to release the axis between the device and the A4 highway, said a spokesman.
Four dead since the beginning of weather
since the beginning of the bad weather last weekend four deaths and 24 injuries were reported. The origin of the death of one of the four victims previously identified, an octogenarian, however, remains uncertain. François Hollande described the flood “real disaster” during a trip Saturday in the flooded city of Romorantin (Loir-et-Cher) .
11,300 private homes electricity
in addition to the Eure and Seine-Maritime , 14 departments were still orange vigilance flooding Sunday in the Central region, Ile-de-France. The flow rate of Cher has stabilized but remained above the danger level. Tours of the city however, was not threatened by overflows, according to the prefecture. Some 11 300 households were still without electricity, including 10 400in Ile-de-France.
New rains expected
More rain is expected in the coming days but “not are not likely to significantly impact “the flow of water downstream, in the basins of the Seine and Cher, according Vigicrues. Showers, sometimes stormy, are expected Sunday and Monday in Normandy. Finally, ten days before the start of the baccalaureate Najat Vallaud-Belkacem promised to “benevolence” for candidates, if their access to examination centers was particularly compromised by the floods.
with AFP
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