A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rains, caused flooding in Reims on Monday evening for the third time in two weeks, particularly affecting the center and the east of the agglomeration, we learned from the prefecture and the firefighters of the Marne.
The precipitation caused by this
"stationary storm"
, which fell around 7 pm
"above the east of Reims"
, reached
"50 mm in two hours"
, said the prefecture in a message to the AFP.
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Around 10:30 p.m., the authorities counted 70 interventions by firefighters and 29 still in progress, in Reims but also in several municipalities of the periphery including Pouilly, Mercy, Boult-sur-Suippe or Villers-Franqueux.
At 8:30 p.m., 900 homes were without electricity, but the situation was resolved in the evening, with the prefecture only counting 30 shortly after 10 p.m.
In the center of Reims, the floods were particularly concentrated around Avenue Jean-Jaurès, affected for the third time in two weeks. At this place,
"we have a phenomenon of runoff, of concentration,"
said the Prefect of Marne Pierre N'Gahane on BFMTV. But
"things are recovering and the storm cell is gradually shifting
," he said. Mayor Arnaud Robinet
"is currently with traders on Avenue Jean-Jaurès which was reopened to traffic a short time ago,"
the municipality said shortly before 11 pm.