Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said he was ready to mobilize "
the money it will take
" to help the victims of the municipalities affected two weeks ago by tornadoes in Hauts-de-France, where dozens of houses have to be rebuilt.
"
The State will pay the money it will take to redo the roads, the Church, the school and for individuals
", assured the minister on the move to Bihucourt, a village in Pas-de-Calais where dozens of roofs are covered and many houses are still uninhabitable.
Additional specific envelopes will be released via the Rural Territory Equipment Endowment (DETR), he said, indicating that they could, for example, be used to bury the municipality's electricity networks and finance the rest to be paid. after insurance payments.
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"
It will be necessary to find tiles, wood (...) and trades, in particular roofers
", to repair the damage of this storm, he added, indicating that strategic stocks of materials were recently planned "
to respond to this type of devastation
".
Asbestos removal companies were hard at work on Monday in Bihucourt to sort by hand and clear toxic debris before the work.
According to Mayor Benoît-Vincent Caille, the damage amounts to millions of euros in this town of 350 inhabitants and it will take several months to repair everything, even several years for some houses.
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We have rehoused thirty families, there are still four families for whom we are looking for suitable solutions
", he indicated, adding that a long-term psychological follow-up was envisaged.
"
This raises the question of how (...) to anticipate these phenomena which have been multiplying for several years
" with climate change, underlined Gérald Darmanin.
He said he hoped that the announced purchase of supercomputers by Météo-France would provide better information “
upstream
”.
