294 municipalities will probably be acknowledged as being in a state of pure catastrophe, declares Sébastien Lecornu | EUROtoday

Sébastien Lecornu introduced on Tuesday February 24 that 294 municipalities can be acknowledged as being in a state of pure catastrophe following the numerous floods which affected the west of France over the past two weeks.

Among the municipalities, 63 are positioned in Lot-et-Garonne, 77 in Maine-et-Loire and 91 in Gironde, mentioned the Prime Minister on X after the assembly of a particular fee. “Seventy-seven files are adjourned to allow municipalities to complete their files; they will be re-examined during the commissions of March 3 and 10”he added.

“The order recognizing the state of natural disaster will be published tomorrow. The government remains fully mobilized alongside mayors and residents affected by the floods”concludes Sébastien Lecornu. The authorities examined the primary recordsdata of the affected municipalities on Tuesday, after having promised on the finish of final week a “compensation as quickly as possible” cities affected by dangerous climate.

Slow decline

The report collection of forty days of rain in France ended on Monday. Triggered fourteen days in the past, the utmost alert started in Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne earlier than being prolonged to the north, so far as Loire-Atlantique. Tuesday afternoon, pink vigilance stays in pressure in Charente-Maritime and Maine-et-Loire.

Two different western departments – Charente and Loire-Atlantique – are stored on orange alert by Météo-France, with Sarthe returning to yellow within the newest 4 p.m. bulletin.

In its newest bulletin, monitoring physique Vigicrues says the absence of great rain till a minimum of Thursday “promotes the improvement of the situation on the watercourses which, for the majority of them, have begun to recede”which may final a number of days. However, “Around rivers placed on orange or red alert, the risk of overflowing is still very present”.