2023-11-06 16:16:00
The regions of Roeselare and Ypres seem to be the most affected. Several roads were closed to traffic.
The number 1722 was also activated early this Monday for non-urgent interventions, after the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM) issued a yellow warning for rain in the province of West Flanders and on the Belgian coast this Monday.
Red alert in Pas-de-Calais
In the north of France, the Côte d’Opale also experiences the force of torrential rains. The Pas-de-Calais department was placed this Monday at 4 p.m. on red “flood” and orange “rain-flood” alert by Météo-France.
In Saint-Omer, a town of around 15,000 inhabitants, “the academic inspector sent a precautionary message to schools asking that parents come and pick up the students,” the mayor’s chief of staff told AFP. commune, Antoine Vercrusse. After a lull on Monday afternoon, Vigicrues predicts “a resumption of rain in the evening of this Monday”, which could lead to floods which could reach “around 2.10 m to 2.50 m” in Wizernes, a few kilometers downstream from Saint-Omer.
“12.8 mm of water fell in two hours in the small town of Attin, which corresponds to nearly 13 liters of water per m². A figure which could further increase by the end of the day, with accumulations potentially reaching 50/60mm locally. Compared to normal, this is the equivalent of 15 days of precipitation,” explains Météo-France.
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