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France - Floods update

- ECHO Daily flash of 17/10/2018

  • Heavy rainfall affected the Hérault and Aude Departments At the peak of the crisis, one department was placed in red vigilance and six others in orange vigilance. As of 16 October early evening, only the department of remained in orange vigilance for flood according to the French hydro meteorology and flood forecasting support service.
  • In total, 942 households are deprived of electricity in the departments of Aude and Hérault. Rescuers carried out more than 1 100 interventions related to the stormy phenomenon on the affected department of Aude.
  • Currently, 400 firefighters and 145 lifeguards of the military civil defence staff are mobilized.


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