As of 7 p.m. Saturday, this northeast area experienced a “severe stormy episode. The sector of Bologna, Marault, Annéville-la-Prairie and Meures was particularly affected, as it rained 10 times more than a normal episode in one hour,” he said.
Emergency services made 80 interventions and “five people were hospitalized, mainly due to hypothermia,” the same source added. At around 1 a.m., six main roads were closed, about sixty homes were without power and “34 people (34 people) were evacuated to the village hall of Sexfontaines,” the prefecture said.
Any new episode of intense rainfall could lead to a “rapid rise in water levels” as “soils become saturated with water,” state services said. “The areas of Bologna, Meures and Sexfontaines suffered significant flooding, with more than 50 mm of water falling in one hour and nearly 100 mm in six hours,” Météo-France said.
The department council said the “damage caused to a number of municipalities” was “extensive” as a result of “water and mudflows” that occurred around 7pm on Saturday. a flooded city street and piles of debris near three cars.
A meter of water in the streets
The Departmental Council of Haute-Marne mentioned a second stormy episode at around 23:00 in the Bologna sector, where “the damage was significant with more than a meter of water on the streets in a few minutes”.