the decline is starting however vigilance stays crucial in Loire-Atlantique, Charente-Maritime and Maine-et-Loire | EUROtoday

The water continues to fall slowly within the west of France on Tuesday February 24, suggesting a gradual return to regular for sure areas affected by this ten days of spectacular flooding. In its newest bulletin, Vigicrues explains that this enchancment is facilitated by a time frame “generally calm and dry” Who “promotes a generalized tendency towards decline”after a document forty consecutive days of rain in France.

However, Loire-Atlantique, Charente-Maritime and Maine-et-Loire stay on crimson alert on Tuesday, and two different western departments – Sarthe and Charente – are stored in orange by Météo-France. Vigicrues reminds, the truth is, that, if this “slow decline is underway (…), the risk of flooding is still very present”.

The prefecture of Maine-et-Loire, the place water has reached document ranges in locations, is looking on residents to “maintain great caution on all sections” affected by these floods. “We have confirmation of the decline, even if we are still at exceptionally high levels”stated Christophe Béchu, mayor of Angers, throughout a press briefing Tuesday morning.

Around twenty streets within the metropolis of 160,000 inhabitants have been in a position to reopen on Monday, and the tram line, which needed to shut, was working usually once more on Tuesday morning.

Despite the decline, the mayor of Saintes (Charente-Maritime), Bruno Drapron, declared on Facebook to count on “traffic difficulties” throughout the hours of “back to school”lessons having resumed the day earlier than within the space. Around 3,000 houses and 120 companies have been affected by the floods and firefighters have taken 600 shelters, with out casualties, for the reason that starting of the episode on Tuesday February 17 in Charente-Maritime, in response to the authorities.