Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Ajaccio… Over the past 24 hours, these cities have been flooded by torrential rains, quickly flooding streets, shops and subways. While the country has been thirsty since the beginning of summer, sometimes setting drought records, in some places, three months’ worth of rain fell in two days. From the evening of Tuesday 16 August, Weather Wave* placed the entire area at a significant risk of thunderstorms, with a heightened alert around the Mediterranean Sea and along the channel.
During a storm, water accumulates in floodplains. It penetrates basements, shops, houses and seeps through roofs. Driven by a terrible force, he rushes into the streets, carrying branches and garbage cans along his way. When the wind dies down and the sun shines back, the storm often leaves a desolate landscape. Uprooted vegetation, broken windows, displaced cars, flooded basements… But…
Source: Le Figaro
