Four departments in the South-West of France were kept on orange flood alert on Sunday after the lifting of the orange wave-submersion vigilance which ran from Brittany to the Basque Country, and which remains valid for the Manche and Ille-et- Ugly.
Météo-France has left these departments of the Bay of Biscay on yellow wave-submersion vigilance, namely:
Charente-Maritime
the Gironde
The Landes
the Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Vendée
At the highest tide, early Sunday morning, Gironde firefighters carried out a dozen interventions due to rising water levels around the Arcachon basin, with overflows up to 40 or 50 cm high. water in places.
In Gujan-Mestras (Gironde), three people in motorhomes parked at the port had to be rescued around 5:00 a.m. after their two vehicles were caught in the water.
“They are not injured, we have brought them to safety
,” said an officer from Sdis de la Gironde.
Manche and Ille-et-Vilaine on orange alert
At 9:00 a.m., the wave height reached 4.4 m at Cap-Ferret (Gironde) and 5.4 m at Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), according to Météo-France.
The orange flood alert concerns in particular the Gironde estuary and the confluence between the Nive and the Adour (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
In the north-west of the country, swept by the Karlotta depression, the wave-submersion episode remains in effect: in addition to Manche and Ille-et-Vilaine on orange alert, four departments are on yellow alert, from Calvados to Pas-de-Calais.
“The combination of these strong waves and these high sea levels risks causing submersion by overflowing or by the crossing of sea packs on the coast placed on wave-submersion vigilance
,” specifies Météo-France.