A 43-year-old drunk man miraculously survived the flood of the Vène. Saturday, around 10:30 p.m., he was swept away by the waves in the town of Montbazin, northwest of Montpellier. After a long search, he was finally found an hour later at the entrance to the town of Gigean, a few kilometers away, in his underpants and in a state of hypothermia. The firefighters evacuated him to the Béziers hospital center for him to undergo checks.
In Béziers, where several districts of the lower town are flooded, it is another imprudence which almost led to a tragedy. A motorist was pulled from his vehicle after he had forced a road closed to traffic and prohibited access. Stuck in his vehicle in a meter of water, he was recovered by flood water rescue specialists.
The Orb and the Cesse in orange vigilance
While the west of the Hérault department, as well as the Aude, have been on alert orange rain floods since Saturday. It fell up to 180 mm of water on the reliefs. And in orange vigilance for the risk of marine submersion. About fifty municipalities in the Hérault have activated their municipal safeguard plan. About fifteen departmental roads are cut, in particular between Sauvian and Sérignan.
Several rivers and rivers are placed in yellow vigilance by Vigicrues. The Orb (which crosses Béziers) and the Cesse (which straddles the Aude and the Hérault) are placed in orange vigilance. At the beginning of the afternoon, the level of the rivers tends to stabilize.