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After several days of extreme rainfall, floods have moved to Paris, where the flood of the Seine should reach Friday peaked at nearly 6 meters. Significant resources for people of making safe are implemented. As in the subway or museums.
Floods: the government’s response … libezap
- The Grand Palace closed the public from 2:30 p.m. “preventive measure”
- “Possible evacuations” west of Paris
the flood of the Seine, which reached 6 meters in Paris, should “have impacts downstream” , west of the capital, with “possible evacuations “, announced Friday the Ministry of Environment. “There should be downstream impacts of Paris on Le Bois de Boulogne, Ile de la Jatte, Ile Saint-Germain, and in Rueil-Malmaison (flood peak scheduled for Saturday morning) with possible evacuations “, the ministry said in a statement.
- the Seine was 6 m, expected peak in the evening
the level of the Seine reached 6 meters to Friday Austerlitz bridge at midday and could reach 6.30 m or 6.50 m at the peak expected tonight, said the Ministry of environment. “The flood peak is expected on Paris tonight to 6.30 m or 6.50 m in worst case scenarios. It should be noted that this will be a plateau of a peak this high level to remain relatively stable throughout the weekend before beginning the decline “ the ministry said in a statement.
- red Vigilance lifted in Seine-et-Marne, no longer any department on high alert
The red vigilance flooding was lifted Friday morning in Seine-et-Marne and no French department is therefore on high alert, said Friday Vigicrues prevention service. “We’re really in decline. This does not mean that n has more feet in the water (in some cities) but is on track, it will not rise expected in the coming days “, told AFP Bruno Janet, head Vigicrues the pole modeling to explain the lifting of the red alert in Seine-et-Marne. The downstream sector of the Loing (Seine-et-Marne), which was in red early in the day, was lowered orange alert. By late morning Friday, 13 departments (in the Ile-de-France and in the Centre region) were still affected by the vigilance orange floods, according to the website of Météo France. After several days of extreme rainfall, floods have moved to Paris, where the flood of the Seine Friday could reach a peak of 6.20 meters. However, no red alert is provided on the Seine, Vigicrues says.
- All affected agricultural sectors in Ile-de-France
Field crops, market gardening, arboriculture as livestock are affected by floods in the Ile-de-France said Friday professionals, asking the State to study the possible benefits. In a joint statement, the Interdepartmental Chamber of Agriculture, the FDSEA and JA (Young Farmers) Ile-de-France “call out state services to take all necessary measures to recognition of the exceptional nature of this climatic event, and to study, in conjunction with farmers, possible compensation ways. “ in major crops of wheat, barley or oats, “many hectares of cereals are paid”. The spring peas “is asphyxiated and turns yellow” , while diseases develop particularly in faba bean by occupation. For gardeners, these excessive rains flood more impact than in the winter when plants are minimal because in the spring are the plants ready to be sold are concerned. And strawberries open field and other red fruits and salads are devastated. “The producers located in the valleys of the Mauldre, the Yvette and the Seine are most affected” says the statement said. Francilienne cherry will also be scarce in the markets this year. Burlat variety, early and approaches maturity, is the most affected, but an early burst started for later varieties such as Stark. “The growers as in Vernouillet, in Yvelines, suffer a total loss of production” , emphasize professional organizations. Finally, farmers are also suffering the consequences of bad weather with “lossy forage, summer pasture with hay this winter” which will force them to buy food for their animals even as their industry is already struggling. For the Orama association representing producers of grains and oilseeds, “we will have to find ways to take into account a number of cases the damage to producers flood victims in major crops that are not eligible for compensation for National risk management Fund agriculture. “ in addition, the current situation leads the association ” to denounce the regulatory extremism shown by the State in recent years in terms of maintenance of watercourses and ditches “, which according to her ” little muffled to some (…) the realism and pragmatism field workers, which could have mitigate today the river overflow. “
- a aquabarrière deployed in Paris to protect a substation
aquabarrière began to be installed Friday morning at an electric transformer station near the Pont de l’Alma in Paris to protect this installation of the rising waters of the Seine, told the AFP a spokesman Enedis (ex ERDF). This Waterproof Wall “will make just under 2 meters (…) and 230 meters long” and “This is the first time such a device is used in the capital in real context “, explained Sylvian Herbin, director of customer Enedis in Paris. Installed Cours Albert 1er, on the right bank of the Seine, it consists of huge metal triangles, without anchoring to the ground, supporting ramps and wooden plates on which place a waterproof film. The source station Alma, where the high-voltage current is converted into medium voltage supplies about 80,000 customers in the 7th and 8th districts of the capital. It has the distinction of being underground and therefore vulnerable to a flood of the Seine
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