Nolly
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Have just got this off Orange .fr. Was thinking of anybody heading in that direction, and of course the poor devils caught up in it.
Also, last week there was bad flooding in the Lot.
We've been having some horrendous storms here but thankfully nothing this bad.
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Eight people Died in Draguignan, 4 in Trans-en-Provence, one in Luke, and one at Roquebrune in Frejus, Said the prefecture. This balance is "Probably not final," Said a Spokesman. The Municipalities MOST Engagements are Draguignan Les Arcs, Figanières, Roquebrune and Trans.
Despite "great calm" Wednesday, a new disturbance is possible thunderstorm in the evening, with a risk of cumulative rainfall between 40 and 50 mm, warns the prefecture.
The rainfall event, announced by Météo-France, who had placed the region of Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur Orange Alert has been devastating to Fréjus Le Cannet.
According to the prison, the 436 inmates of the prison Draguignan, flooded, were evacuated to the prison facility in the region.
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The death toll rose to 11 deaths in the Var
Weather: 500 inmates evacuated from the flooded prison Draguignan
Evacuations of homes or campsites were continuing at midday. In Fréjus, some 1550 people, including many foreign tourists and travelers, were housed in four relief centers.
One thousand two hundred firefighters or military security as well as civilians were mobilized more than 650 police, riot police or police, according to the prefecture.
The authorities are closely monitoring the situation of rivers such as the Argens and Nartuby, towards the coast, near Frejus, Roquebrune-sur-Argens Puget, powered by the waves of the night, told AFP the Prefect Hughes Parant.
"We try to assess the vulnerability of structures" at the edge of rivers, including the bridges near houses, "he said.
In Draguignan, where water rose more than two meters in the streets, "300 mm of rain fell from 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, which is huge," noted the under-prefect of Draguignan Corinne Orzechowski. "This is a phenomenon of rain that binds to a place, very hard."
"This morning we found a heart-stricken city, severely damaged with wrecked cars in the streets, roads collapsed, gutted houses, damage to infrastructure," she describes.
An AFP correspondent, stuck in this town all night, was discovered at dawn "of streets littered with cars tangled branches of trees, stones, mud.
The same performance was observed in the nearby town of Les Arcs, another AFP correspondent reported.
Mrs. Orzechowski said nine helicopters and fifteen boats have helped put 1,200 people in dry relief centers Draguignan. 450 hoist took place during the night and the warden has welcomed the mobilization of all firefighters, police, police, or certain structures such as supermarkets who welcomed the castaways.
The joint near Draguignan, including Les Arcs, Figanières and Roquebrune, had also assume each of dozens or even hundreds trapped passengers.
98,000 people remain without power in the Var and telecommunications 13,400, according to the prefecture, which indicated that the mobile network was also disrupted. Processors Trans-en-Provence, which feeds the Gulf of St. Tropez and Draguignan is under water, "said the prefect.
Another consequence of the torrential rain, the train traffic is interrupted between Toulon and Nice until Thursday. The A8 motorway and the airport of Toulon-Hyeres, closed Tuesday, were reopened.
The Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux was expected on Wednesday to place mid-day.
Also, last week there was bad flooding in the Lot.
We've been having some horrendous storms here but thankfully nothing this bad.
Translation by Google.
Eight people Died in Draguignan, 4 in Trans-en-Provence, one in Luke, and one at Roquebrune in Frejus, Said the prefecture. This balance is "Probably not final," Said a Spokesman. The Municipalities MOST Engagements are Draguignan Les Arcs, Figanières, Roquebrune and Trans.
Despite "great calm" Wednesday, a new disturbance is possible thunderstorm in the evening, with a risk of cumulative rainfall between 40 and 50 mm, warns the prefecture.
The rainfall event, announced by Météo-France, who had placed the region of Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur Orange Alert has been devastating to Fréjus Le Cannet.
According to the prison, the 436 inmates of the prison Draguignan, flooded, were evacuated to the prison facility in the region.
read as
in news:
The death toll rose to 11 deaths in the Var
Weather: 500 inmates evacuated from the flooded prison Draguignan
Evacuations of homes or campsites were continuing at midday. In Fréjus, some 1550 people, including many foreign tourists and travelers, were housed in four relief centers.
One thousand two hundred firefighters or military security as well as civilians were mobilized more than 650 police, riot police or police, according to the prefecture.
The authorities are closely monitoring the situation of rivers such as the Argens and Nartuby, towards the coast, near Frejus, Roquebrune-sur-Argens Puget, powered by the waves of the night, told AFP the Prefect Hughes Parant.
"We try to assess the vulnerability of structures" at the edge of rivers, including the bridges near houses, "he said.
In Draguignan, where water rose more than two meters in the streets, "300 mm of rain fell from 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, which is huge," noted the under-prefect of Draguignan Corinne Orzechowski. "This is a phenomenon of rain that binds to a place, very hard."
"This morning we found a heart-stricken city, severely damaged with wrecked cars in the streets, roads collapsed, gutted houses, damage to infrastructure," she describes.
An AFP correspondent, stuck in this town all night, was discovered at dawn "of streets littered with cars tangled branches of trees, stones, mud.
The same performance was observed in the nearby town of Les Arcs, another AFP correspondent reported.
Mrs. Orzechowski said nine helicopters and fifteen boats have helped put 1,200 people in dry relief centers Draguignan. 450 hoist took place during the night and the warden has welcomed the mobilization of all firefighters, police, police, or certain structures such as supermarkets who welcomed the castaways.
The joint near Draguignan, including Les Arcs, Figanières and Roquebrune, had also assume each of dozens or even hundreds trapped passengers.
98,000 people remain without power in the Var and telecommunications 13,400, according to the prefecture, which indicated that the mobile network was also disrupted. Processors Trans-en-Provence, which feeds the Gulf of St. Tropez and Draguignan is under water, "said the prefect.
Another consequence of the torrential rain, the train traffic is interrupted between Toulon and Nice until Thursday. The A8 motorway and the airport of Toulon-Hyeres, closed Tuesday, were reopened.
The Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux was expected on Wednesday to place mid-day.
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