Extreme caution in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The department was placed on red alert for floods on Saturday May 18, Météo-France announced in its bulletin published at 4 p.m.. The Moselle, for its part, remains on red alert. These vigilances concern the day of Saturday and Sunday. “An exceptional reaction is underway”on the Nieds watercourse, according to Vigicrues. On the Vezouze, also in the grip of a strong flood, “a maximum, close to that of the historic flood of October 2006, is expected in Lunéville [Meurthe-et-Moselle] during the night” from Saturday to Sunday. Furthermore, the Bas-Rhin is kept on orange alert for floods. Follow our live stream.
Hundreds of interventions in Moselle. In total, “136 interventions by firefighters” were in progress on Saturday morning, reports the Moselle prefecture. “The weather conditions have been stable since this morning. The rain has stopped in Moselle”, she adds. If the situation “is improving” in certain sectors, it “remains complicated in Hombourg-Haut, Boulay, in the Nieds valley”.
Heavy rainfall. The Moselle experienced abundant rainfall: “The equivalent of more than a month of rain fell in less than 24 hours”explained the prefecture on Friday evening, referring to a situation “impressive, but not dramatic” and not deploring “no deaths or injuries”.
Emergency services mobilized. More than 1,000 firefighters and 642 engines were mobilized to respond to the emergency, according to state services. The prefect of Moselle, Laurent Touvet, praised the work of the firefighters on Saturday morning, “very active last night to clear up doubts about the alerts, to check that no one was in difficulty.”