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The floods no longer end in Brittany. The water continued to climb on Thursday 22 January in the Finistère, where several rivers overflowed and houses were again flooded. The city center of Quimperlé was totally inaccessible this afternoon. Reporting on site.
Quimperlé in northwest France faces severe flooding, evacuations...
Flooding in Quimperlé, Brittany, has forced evacuations and trapped residents after heavy rain. Water levels surpassed 4.4 metres, and more rain is expected. Water levels along the Laïta rose to more than 4.4 metres in the town centre on January 21, overtopping flood barriers and forcing the first evacuations with help from firefighters. Several residents were trapped in upper floors as streets became impassable and parked cars stood partly subm…
In Quimperlé, this morning, the flood peak was reached at 9 a.m., at 4.52 meters above the river bed. Fourteen people were evacuated by the firefighters. Some residents are resigned. Over the last twenty years, some ten million euros have been spent in measures to repair and mitigate the floods. For the mayor, investments must be made upstream of the river. The decline will be slow due to many rainfalls expected in the next few hours. (Weather a…
On Thursday, January 22, 2025, the water climbed up to 4,52 metres and flooded the Brizeux wharf. About 15 inhabitants were evacuated by the firefighters in the early morning.
Météo-France placed Thursday Ille-et-Vilaine in orange vigilance at the floods, in addition to the Morbihan and Finistère, where Quimperlé in particular is already flooded. These departments could be affected by another disruption Friday night.
A rescuer checks a sign in a flooded street in downtown Quimperlé. (Symbolic image) FRANK PERRY/AFP via Getty Images. Four departments in Brittany are under orange alert for flooding this Friday. Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Morbihan, and Ille-et-Vilaine are preparing for heavy rain and the risk of flooding due to the approach of Storm Ingrid. In Quimperlé, evacuations have already begun: the water has breached the flood barriers and reached 4.47 m…
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