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Floods in the South-West: peak reached and start of cleaning up in the Garonne valley

2022-01-13T11:29:13.640Z


The Gironde, the Lot-et-Garonne and the Tarn-et-Garonne are still placed in orange vigilance for floods this Thursday. However, the Garonne


In Lot-et-Garonne as in Tarn-et-Garonne, the recession "began" in the Garonne valley, said the prefecture, adding that it would be favored by "dry and calm weather " All day long.

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According to the authorities and Vigicrues, the peak was reached during the night in Marmande (8.80m), below the February floods (10.20m), without causing damage or road closure, according to the town hall.

In La Réole in Gironde, a town used to the vagaries of the river, water infiltrated a handful of businesses and homes without causing major damage and the cleaning began under a thick fog on Thursday morning. In this city of 4,200 inhabitants, paralyzed by impressive floods during the floods of February 2021, where the Garonne had risen to 9.69 m, the peak reached 8m45 Thursday morning, said the prefecture, well below of the initial forecasts of Vigicrues. "There is no human damage or major material damage", indicated the mayor of the city Bruno Marty, who would like "to be informed upstream (by the State), and also to work with Vigicrues. We have time to see the Garonne go up, we also know how to manage, ”he said on behalf of the mayors of the sector.

In the town of Cadillac, further upstream, the overflows of the river have not impacted any housing, indicated the town hall which awaits "without worry" the peak planned for the afternoon.

Source: leparis

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