a 55-year-old man drowned off Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, in Vendée

A man drowned in the ocean late Thursday afternoon at La Pège beach in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (Vendée), as the tide rose.

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A 50-year-old man died drowned in the ocean Thursday, August 3 at the end of the afternoon, at the level of the Pège beach, in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (Vendée), reports France Bleu Loire Océan. The 55-year-old man was pulled out of the water by the six firefighters mobilized for the intervention, but they were unable to revive him. The facts happened at a rising tide.

>> High tides: coefficients, safety instructions, influence of the Moon… What you need to know about this natural phenomenon

The first days of August are marked by high tides on the Atlantic coastline and the Channel coasts, with coefficients up to 104 again on Friday morning, and 102 to come for Saturday, making swimming and fishing on foot par riskier places.

In the Côtes-d’Armor, two 16-year-old teenagers were rescued on Thursday evening, safe and sound, after being trapped by the rising tide on an island of Plougrescant, accessible on foot only at low tide, reports France . Blue Breizh Izel.

Wednesday afternoon, in full depression Patricia, a 57-year-old woman has already died while bathing in the sea in Ouessant (Finistère).

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