This Monday, a sheet of wood is concentrated in front of the beach of Passable, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
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Thousands of tonnes of wood washed up by rivers during Storm Alex are currently drifting in the Mediterranean.
The maritime prefecture has launched air and nautical resources to identify the slicks and recover the largest logs.
“In thirty years, I had never seen that!
»Faced with the thousands of tons of wood sent to sea by the Var and Roya rivers during the storm Alex which hit the Alpes-Maritimes on October 2, the maritime prefect of the Mediterranean, Vice-Admiral Laurent Isnard, launched the maritime “Orsec” (Civil Security Response Organization) plan and committed heavy resources: “The day after the disaster, we sent planes and helicopters to locate debris.
There were big tree trunks everywhere, ”he said on Monday during a trip to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Alpes-Maritimes).
Aerial images and drift calculation software made it possible to send two tugs equipped with cranes to recover the largest logs at sea. One of them, the Pioneer, was at the port of Nice on Monday to unload his cargo. several tons of wood.
[#AvisUrgentNavigateur] Prefectural decree: navigation of dangerous ships prohibited between Cap-Martin and Cap du Dramont (presence of rejected plant waste #TempeteAlex).
[#PrudenceEnMer] Pleasure craft: navigation not recommended.
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- Maritime Prefecture of the Mediterranean (@Premarmed) October 9, 2020
At the same time, the maritime prefecture published an "urgent notice to mariners" to warn them of the risk of collision off shore with debris in the area of Nice, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Villefranche-sur- Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and prohibited by prefectural decree the navigation of dangerous ships between Cap-Martin and Cap du Dramont.
Saint Laurent du Var beach.
Evacuation of wood from the Vésubie valley pic.twitter.com/Cpa6zDi7cW
- a guy from Paris 4 ☀️🏖️🚴😷🏳️🌈 (@BoyMarais) October 10, 2020
A 3 km water table
A sheet of waste nearly 3 km long and about ten meters wide was spotted drifting between Menton and Antibes.
Little by little, these pieces of wood disperse, drifting out to sea but also to the west, pushed by the Ligurian current, along the coast where they run aground massively.
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The coastline of Saint-Laurent-du-Var has been particularly affected, but the entire coast is concerned.
Sunday, a tablecloth reached the beach of Marinières, yet sheltered at the bottom of the harbor of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
This Monday in front of the beach of Passable, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, several meters of floating debris prohibited any access to the sea. For several days, the cleaning operations have multiplied, which mobilize agents of the municipalities, of the Nice metropolis Côte d'Azur but also hundreds of volunteer collectors.
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