More than 5,000 people possibly affected by a historic rise in water levels in Indre-et-Loire. In total, 34 municipalities are affected by the flood - the level of which could approach that observed in 1913.
A nursing home was being evacuated on Saturday evening in the municipality of Île Bouchard. In neighboring department of Indre, 47 people were evacuated from their homes on Saturday in Bélâbre after heavy rainfall which caused a river to flood.