firefighters on site after the river overflowed, “we didn’t expect it to go up so hard”

The rain fell overnight from Saturday to Sunday and kept increasing the level of the Grande Honnelle. So well that she has overwhelmed in Angre. “We didn’t expect it to go up so hard! », Comments Matthieu Lemiez, mayor of Honnelles. “This Saturday evening, the river was at half the height it reached last night …”

The mayor and the alderman of the works, Quentin Crapez, had a morning awakening to say the least. “We were contacted around 5 a.m. by a resident of Angers to tell us about the level disturbing of the Grande Honnelle in Angre. Water was beginning to be present in several streets of the village (rue de Dour, Partiau, rue Verte Vallée and Cité Grande Honnelle) ”, indicates the Honnell alderman.

The municipal works department went to the site with several pallets of sandbags (photos)

► “A control of the critical areas of the rest of the entity has been made”: the alderman for works takes stock of the situation

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