Pleasure boats have been drifting since this morning in the waters of the Lot.
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Will they end their journey in Bordeaux?
About twenty boats have been adrift since this morning on the Lot, a tributary of the Garonne, in flood due to flooding.
While the level of the river has not stopped rising for more than twenty-four hours, a pontoon is detached at the level of the town of Douelle, located between Cahors and Luzech.
In Douelle, the flooding Lot took away several tourist boats and their pontoon đź“· Christine Damoizet https://t.co/e8tzXgX54E pic.twitter.com/dk0Ivni9dT
- Pyrénées Weather (@Meteo_Pyrenees) February 2, 2021
The boats which were moored there left with the pontoon.
Impressive images captured by residents who were on the banks of the small town, but also by passers-by who saw downstream this funny spectacle of "drunk" boats, carried away by the muddy waters of the Lot.
The prefect of Lot has also decided to place the Lot, Cère and Dordogne in flood orange vigilance.
The Célé was placed in yellow level this morning, after a recession that started last night.
The Lot flood peak at Cahors was announced for 5 p.m.
“The schools around the Lot were evacuated this morning.
All the students domiciled between Cahors and Cajarc were evacuated, in order to prevent difficulties with school transport at the end of the day, ”indicates the prefecture services.
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