Tropical storm Dorian, which crossed Tuesday the West Indian arc, did some damage in Martinique, including floods in the south of the island, placed in orange vigil heavy rain and thunderstorms and yellow vigilance for high winds.
The storm, which has now gone, leaves behind a collapsed road, a lot of cleaning in shops and homes and 4,000 homes without electricity. No victim is to deplore, says the prefecture.
The storm has crossed the south of the island of Saint Lucia and now goes back to the Caribbean Sea, says Météo-France. In the south of Martinique Tuesday morning, it was necessary to circulate on the small winding roads and to slalom between the sections of lands which slipped on the roadway.
Guadeloupe also placed in orange vigilance
In Salée River, on the main road of the island, the RN5, twenty cars were parked at the Petit Bourg roundabout, in front of Vauban barriers, facing the flood of the river. A motorist explains that he has been waiting for two hours with his pregnant daughter in the car, that the water comes down again. Further south, at the La Mauny neighborhood in Rivière-Pilote, the road to downtown has collapsed. There remains of the roadway only a narrow passage that can be taken only on foot taking some risks.
On both sides of the hole, onlookers are worried about the coming back, the water supply cut in neighboring neighborhoods and the river that has taken everything away. Rivière-Pilote, at the crossroads of two rivers, has always been flooded. The mayor, Raymond Theodosius, assures us that "the cleaning already started has proved its worth, the water is rising less than before". Tuesday, however, it rose to more than a meter.
Guadeloupe, less heavily affected, has also been placed in orange alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms, and yellow vigilance for high winds.