Downpours fell on the Gironde overnight from Thursday to Friday while the department had been placed on orange vigilance for thunderstorms and rain-floods.
Storm totally DILUVIEN Mérignac / Le Haillan sector near Bordeaux between 8 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.!
Roads totally flooded, visibility zero, cars idling on the ring road ... # storm #Bordeaux #Gironde #Pluie #Inondations @GirondeMeteo @infoclimat @meteofrance pic.twitter.com/OxIKCjlRMK
- Weather Gironde (@GirondeWeather) June 17, 2021
The firefighters were in great demand during the night and continue to be so this Friday morning.
They carried out nearly 500 interventions, "mainly concerning flooded premises", specifies the prefecture of the Gironde.
Four roads still closed
There were no injuries but 59 people were evacuated from their homes and brought to safety.
The towns most affected by bad weather are Artigues-près-Bordeaux, Tresses, Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac and Saint-Loubès.
This Friday morning, there are still four closed roads and twenty roads still flooded but passable in Gironde.
"Department agents are mobilized to put the roads back into circulation as soon as possible, those which have been flooded will be cleaned during the day," the Department informed in a statement.
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