Resumption of rains in Pas-de-Calais, placed on orange alert for flooding

The return of the rains further swelled the watercourses on Monday November 20 in Pas-de-Calais, which has suffered repeated flooding for two weeks. The department returned to orange on Monday for flooding, Vigicrues affirms that “Monday’s rainfall caused river levels to rise again”with risks of new “harmful overflows”.

The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, announced Monday that the rehousing costs of ” several thousands ” of the victims concerned would be “at the expense of the State and insurers” for six months, starting at the end of November. This support will apply “retroactively in order to cover the flooding of recent days”specifies Bercy.

Bruno Le Maire, who called on insurers not to “nitpicking”, also promised that all insurance appraisals would be carried out by December 4, for individuals and businesses; he recalled that the latter could “benefit from partial activity” And “deferral of social or tax charges”.

“Amend the law on natural disasters” enabling this support will be advanced to ” End of november ” , declared the minister in Saint-Omer, after an exchange with local stakeholders and representatives of the insurance sector. The floods, which have left five people injured since November 6, have affected 6,000 homes, 160 businesses, 130 businesses and 53 farms according to the prefecture.

New pumps installed to facilitate water evacuation

The department voted on Monday for aid, provided with the assistance of the region, of 380 euros per household intended to cover the insurance deductible for residents of municipalities classified as natural disasters.

After two weeks of record rainfall led to a series of historic floods, the weekend’s lull triggered a decline and allowed the Red Cross to close its emergency shelters. If Monday’s rainy episode is not “not at all exceptional”According to Météo-France, soils that are always saturated with water make rivers very sensitive to accumulations.

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Of the “harmful overflows” – but of less importance than those of the last two weeks – are envisaged from the end of Monday evening, in particular on the Hem and the Aa then on the Canche, three of the six rivers on orange vigilance, Vigicrues told the Agency- France. Press.

To facilitate the evacuation of water towards the sea, two Dutch pumps with a capacity of 5,000 cubic meters per hour (m³/h) are being installed near Dunkirk (North), informed the Hauts-de-France prefecture. New pumps had already been installed on Sunday, “to reach the unprecedented capacity of 100,000 m³/h »had announced Gérald Darmanin, also on X.

In total, 181 municipalities in Pas-de-Calais and 24 in the North have already been recognized as natural disaster sites. A new natural disaster recognition meeting is planned for this week.

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Le Monde with AFP

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