The Head of State supervised a situation update by videoconference from Fort Brégançon (Var), where he is on vacation and where Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, also vacationing in the region, had joined him.

The objective is to "watch the next few hours on the weather plan (...), to draw all the necessary organizational elements and to be able to make the right decisions over the next few hours and the next few days", he said. he says at the opening of the meeting.

“Beyond that, we will obviously have the support measures to take for people and for the territory”, he added, reiterating his support for Corsica and having a “thought for the families of the victims. ".

The Ministers of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, of the Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu, of the Armies Sébastien Lecornu, of Health François Braun and the Secretary of State for the Sea, Hervé Berville, intervened remotely.

An interministerial unit

Shortly before this meeting, Gérald Darmanin had taken stock of the situation from Corsica where he went during the day.

The Prime Minister activated the interministerial crisis unit on Thursday afternoon as new storms and waterspouts are expected overnight from Thursday to Friday in Corsica.

“We are closely monitoring the operations taking place on land and at sea,” tweeted Elisabeth Borne, in reference to the rescue resources mobilized.

The Mediterranean island, where the tourist season is in full swing, will once again be on orange alert from Thursday, 9 p.m., until Friday, 10 a.m.

Brutal thunderstorms, accompanied early in the morning by gusts of wind that could reach more than 200 km / h in places, killed five people on Thursday on the island, victims in particular of the fall of trees in campsites.

The President of the Republic had spoken twice during the day with the President of the Executive Council of Corsica, Gilles Simeoni, in order to "show him all his support and assure him of the full mobilization of the means of help", said the Elysee.

In Corsica, around sixty “rescue operations at sea” in progress

At least five dead after storms in Corsica, Darmanin expected on site

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