• Some 3,297 firefighter interventions were recorded in Gironde, including more than 1,400 in the north of the Bordeaux metropolis.

  • The prefect signed for the transmission of 44 municipal requests for recognition of the state of natural disaster for floods and mudslides.

  • The metropolis has released an exceptional aid fund.

Some 3,297 interventions carried out in Gironde, including more than 1,400 in the north of the Bordeaux metropolis: this is the report drawn up this Monday by the Sdis (Departmental Fire and Rescue Service), a week after the hailstorm which s fell on the department on June 20 and 21.

"The north of the Bordeaux metropolis suffered exceptionally bad weather in the evening and night during which violent hailstorms accompanied by heavy rainfall and gusts of wind at more than 100 km / h caused very significant damage to homes. , public buildings and vehicles of several municipalities ”recall the prefecture of Gironde and Bordeaux Métropole in a joint press release.

One million euros released by Bordeaux Métropole

Fabienne Buccio, prefect of Gironde, and Alain Anziani, president of Bordeaux-Métropole, went on Monday to the municipalities of Taillan-Médoc and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, the most affected by these bad weather, “to meet elected officials and affected residents, and discuss the consequences of this event and the solutions for taking individual situations into account, restoring property, and returning to normal”.

The prefect indicated that she had already signed for the Gironde the transmission of a first sending of 44 municipal requests for recognition of the state of natural disaster for floods and mudslides, "the only event that can receive such recognition".

These requests will be examined at the next meeting of the interministerial commission on June 29.

During last Friday's council, Bordeaux Métropole released an exceptional solidarity fund with an initial envelope of one million euros.

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