The firefighters proceeded Sunday to evacuations of inhabitants in the North, affected by floods and heavy rainfall also affecting the neighboring Pas-de-Calais, placed in orange vigilance for "
flooding
" by Météo-France, with flooding of rivers Lys, Lawe and Clarence.
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In the early afternoon, 60 people were evacuated from 20 homes in the town of Arneke, and were gathered in a communal room, said the firefighters of the North.
In this department, public roads were also flooded in the municipalities of Esquelbecq and Eringhem, where an elderly disabled person was evacuated as a preventive measure from his home.
In the Pas-de-Calais in the middle of the day, the firefighters had carried out 59 pumping interventions, most in the Saint-Omer sector and in particular in Arques, indicated their service.
The Pas-de-Calais department was placed on Sunday morning in orange vigilance for “
flooding
”, Météo-France said.
Since the night of Saturday to Sunday, "
significant rainfall has fallen on Hauts-de-France and should last until early Sunday afternoon
," reported the Vigicrues site.
In Pas-de-Calais, “
the Lys upstream and Lawe-Clarence rivers
”, tributaries of the Scheldt, “
have started to react to this precipitation and localized overflows are observed in these sectors
”.
"
The levels of these rivers should continue to rise this afternoon and significant overflows could occur
" on these sections, warned Vigicrues.
Under these conditions, “
significant flooding is possible
” which could affect traffic conditions, the electricity supply or submerge the dikes, recalls the site.
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Eleven departments are also maintained until Monday in orange snow and ice vigilance, said Météo-France.
These are Ain, Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Corrèze, Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes- Pyrenees.
