A week after the violent bad weather that ravaged the South-East, the victims continue to organize.

In Tende, running water has still not returned.

Using the Sainte-Catherine spring, residents try to connect the basin and the hospital by pipes, in order to ensure its supply. 

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In Tende, in the Roya valley, almost a week after the severe bad weather which killed at least six people according to a latest report, electricity is now partly restored, but not running water.

The main distribution network that supplied the city is out of service, due to landslides.

Drinking water is delivered by helicopter, but for sanitary needs, everyone is doing what they can.

Faced with the emergency, it was decided to find other means to supply the city and its inhabitants, in particular by trying to collect water from the sources of the valley.  

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The Sainte-Catherine source as a greeting

To reach the Sainte-Catherine source, you have to climb a little and walk 400 meters away from the village.

"It's our salvation," says Inès, who acts as the guide.

Two pipes were connected to what was previously a fountain.

The yellow fills the firefighters' tank trucks which make round trips to deliver water to the hospital.

The black pipe is not yet in service. 

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"We have a basin at the top of the village which supplies everything, but the CHU also has a pipe that leaves this basin to supply only him, so our goal is to supply the basin so that the CHU can have water as soon as possible ", explains Thibault Lejean, plumber located downstream of the source. 

Helicopters to deliver the pipes

The hospital is a priority here, but unfortunately, in one of the alleys, the pipe stops winding.

"We do not have enough length to continue. We lack material, we are waiting for it", says Arnaud Robini, engineer.

There is a lack of 500 meters of pipelines which have yet to be delivered by military helicopters.

"We are a little on war medicine with the pipes. It's system D," said a local resident. 

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The pipes are expected Friday morning and running water should be restored to the hospital at best in the afternoon.

For individuals, it will probably still be patient, and continue to use the tanks placed in the streets to refuel.