The Loire overflows into the Plain
In the Plaine du Forez, the Loire has swollen. Overflows are observed in the sector of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert this Sunday.
Saturday’s bad weather in Haute-Loire actually caused the water level of the river to rise, even in the Loire department.
The Loire overflows at Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, this Sunday March 10
At the station Montrond-les-Bains, the level reached 1.34 meters at 11 a.m. It was -0.44 meters on Saturday. The flood peak is expected around 6 p.m. and could reach 2.38 meters at this station.
The gates of the Grangent dam were opened this Sunday March 10
Wind: still 400 homes without electricity Sunday morning
The number of homes deprived of electricity following storm Monica reached 800 units this Sunday morning, according to Enedis services, mainly in the areas of Roanne, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Saint-Chamond And La Valla en Gier.
The situation therefore deteriorated on Saturday evening, since the number of affected households, which rose to 700 during the day, fell back to 310 on Saturday around 7:30 p.m. The Enedis teams increased their interventions on Saturday until at 9 p.m. and returned to work this Sunday morning.
400 people are mobilized in the departments of Loire, Drôme, Ardèche and Rhône, with Enedis employees and pruning service providers.
This Sunday at 1 p.m., there were only 400 customers without electricity in the Loire. Work to restore the electricity network continues and the impacted sectors remain the same as in the morning.
Rail traffic resumes
Traffic resumed, as planned, gradually on the Loire railway lines where it had been interrupted at 7 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. and from mid-afternoon on the Roanne/Saint-Étienne line due to obstacles fell on the track which caused a two and a half hour delay for a TER Saint-Etienne/Roanne.
Saturday morning, the reconnaissance trains traveled the different routes. The last line still blocked, between Roanne and Saint-Étienne, was put back into service with a first train leaving Roanne at 10:50 a.m. towards Saint-Étienne.
In the region, the line between Paray-le-Monial and Lyon was put back into service at the start of the afternoon, time to free up a line on which around forty trees fell on Saturday.