Four days after the passage of the Kirk Depression over France, the situation had become “relatively quiet”, Sunday morning, October 13, regarding overflowing rivers as a result of the storm. Only the Loir-et-Cher department remains on orange alert, Météo-France announced in its latest bulletin. The flood alert in Eure-et-Loir has returned to yellow, with the reduction of surveillance in the upstream stretch of the Eure, according to meteorologist and government organization Vigicrues.
“The weather situation is relatively calm in the flooded basins. The rains expected for this Sunday and tomorrow, Monday, are light in the north of the country and should not counteract the trend of rivers receding. Under these conditions, the current floods continue their slow propagation downstream.”Vigicrues details in an update posted Sunday morning.
However, according to Vigicrues, a major flood continues to spread along the Loir Vendômois, in Loir-et-Cher. “In the Vendôme sector, the level reached its maximum on Saturday night and the decline has begun. Levels remain high. Further down at Villavard, flooding is expected to peak on Sunday afternoon, with damaging overtopping levels.complete the tracking service.
At the end of the month of September, the wettest in twenty-five years, the average annual rainfall totals have already been exceeded in almost all parts of mainland France.
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