It is a real deluge which fell in recent days in the east of France.

After the heavy precipitation, however, a return to normal is expected in the coming hours.

In mid-morning, Météo-France placed eleven departments of the North and East on flood orange vigilance, against thirteen in its previous bulletin broadcast overnight from Thursday to Friday.

🔶 11 deposits in #vigilanceOrange



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- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) July 16, 2021

In Alsace, where the two departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin are also on vigilance yellow thunderstorms, "the situation is improving" in the coming hours, says Météo-France.

Some showers are possible this Friday evening and Saturday evening, before the return of good weather on Sunday and Monday.

Five villages still isolated in the Meuse

“The situation is also improving” in the Meuse, with “a strong reduction in rainfall” and a “recession started on all the rivers, with the exception of the downstream Chiers which is currently reaching its flood peak. ", According to a press release from the prefecture, which indicates that several highways remain closed.

⚠ Situation update at 10 a.m. on the orange flood vigilance underway in the department



🔴 The situation is improving, but remains sensitive, especially in the North of Meuse, where interventions are still underway



🔴 The list of affected roads: https: //t.co/XKOBKh3HfO pic.twitter.com/MLilxLBUET

- Prefect of the Meuse (@ Prefet55) July 16, 2021

"The situation remains sensitive in this sector, where five villages are isolated: Brouennes, Chauvency Saint-Hubert, Quinzy-Lanzecourt, Lamouilly, and the hamlet of Gindry", one added, specifying that the firefighters are ready to intervene .

Roads also remain closed in Moselle, according to the Departmental Council.

Disruptions in rail and river transport

Heavy rains have also caused disruptions in rail and river transport in recent days.

TGV and TER traffic is interrupted between Thionville and Luxembourg until Sunday evening inclusive.

River traffic on the Rhine has been cut off since Tuesday "and probably until the beginning of next week", from Birsfelden (Switzerland) to Germersheim (Germany), the Rhine Alert and Information Center said on Thursday. from Gambsheim (Caring).

In Europe, the bad weather has killed more than 100 people, most of them in Germany, where help continues to search for many missing people.

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