2024-10-10 18:43:00
THE “dream of his life” : Ms Triquenot planned to open her ready-to-wear boutique on Saturday 12 October in a pedestrian street in Coulommiers (Seine et Marne). Forty-eight hours before the inauguration, a customer warned him that her premises were flooded. “When we arrived, we were in water up to our thighs. We only had time to collect a few clothes, but many things are ruined.”she says, while her husband cleans the mud that has invaded the room.
This Thursday 10 October, after the passage of the Kirk depression and heavy rains, the Grand Morin river, a tributary of the Marne, broke its banks, reaching 3.52 meters in the morning. According to Vigicrues, it is a “large flood, generally higher than that of 2016”year in which Morin had reached second The Parisian. The city center of Coulommiers found itself completely paralyzed, with almost all roads leading to the city blocked. And several residents, who lived on the ground floor, had to be evacuated early in the morning.
Like Mrs Triquenot, several traders have seen their premises looted. Claude (who did not want to reveal his surname like the other people called by his first name), runs a DIY parts shop. He points to the muddy floor of the room: “And I repeat, I’m fine, I sell petroleum-type products so I haven’t had any major damage. Besides, it’s disastrous. » The nearby tobacconist is in fact covered in crumpled and soaked gambling chips. “The water rose up there,” Claude says, pointing to the still damp table leg.
No injuries were reported, announced the Minister of Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, traveling in the city. School transport was stopped and the Municipality had decided to close nursery and primary schools on Thursday. On social media X, the Department reports that three schools in the city were also affected.
“The cars were under water”
Some residents were able to prepare, like Colette and her husband, 70, who “they lifted the freezers and cleaned out the entire basement the night before.” Thursday morning they measured 6 centimeters of water.
Some describe an extraordinary morning, like Camille and Alyssa, two young Columériens: “People were literally riding down the street in boats or jet skis, the current was incredible, cars were underwater. » Others make more bitter observations. Mali Yetu thus found his vehicle flooded up to the engine: the car is good “put in the garbage”sighs the mother. “We must face climate change head on, because ultimately it is we, the poor, who are to blame, she judges as she removes things from the vehicle that could be saved along with her husband and two children. I don’t have comprehensive insurance. I won’t be able to go to work anymore, so no more pay. You can wait a month or a year for insurance. How will my children eat? »
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