The essential :
- Storm Gloria has already killed three people in Spain.
- Météo France has placed two red alert departments on two Wednesday afternoons: Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Agly and the Upper Aude Valley are on red alert due to a "major flood risk".
>> Follow the events minute by minute:
3:50 p.m.. Power outages. 23,000 homes are without electricity between Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via and Andorra, according to the Independent.
3:40 p.m.. Six villages evacuated in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The Pyrenees-Orientales prefecture orders the evacuation of six villages along the Agly. Neighborhoods of Saint Paul de Fenouilllet (66) are flooded with water.
First live overflows, # Agly in #crue begins to enter the lower districts of Saint Paul de Fenouilllet (66) .... peak flood in progress on the upstream of the green basin. # VigilanceOrange #aiguat @ KeraunosObs @lindependant @MeteoLanguedoc @bleuroussillon @Meteo_Pyrenees pic.twitter.com/40quZi6Wmz
- Thomas Blanchard (@ ThomasBlanchar2) January 22, 202015:30. Do not take your vehicle. The prefecture of Aude recalls the safety instructions, inviting the inhabitants not to go out, not to go underground ...
RAW RED VIGILANCE on the upper Aude valley and on the Agly
On these sectors:
Respect the safety instructions, do not leave, do not take your vehicle
stay informed https://t.co/IDw7aqQjrH pic.twitter.com/2xa5C5byxj
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