Published on 09/23/2024 9:42 p.m. Updated on 09/23/2024 9:42 p.m.
Video length: 2 min Floods in Cannes: a torrent of mud in the city’s streets Floods in Cannes: a torrent of mud in the city’s streets (France 2)
In Cannes, hailstorms caused torrents of mud, which flooded the streets. A crisis unit was urgently created.
In Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), it was sometimes difficult to cross the streets, submerged in less than 30 minutes, this Monday, September 23. On an amateur video, near her vehicle almost swept away by the flood, a driver is balancing on a barrier.My car started to get carried away, so I quickly got out, because the car was taking on water.” she says.
The storm did not cause any casualties, but the damage was significant. The Boulevard de la République, in particular, was disfigured. The city’s mayor (LR), David Lisnard, deplored a failure in the weather forecast, “a modeling problem” et “an alert problem” according to him.
An opinion disputed by a forecaster at Weather Solutions, who maintains that the storms were not a surprise.They dumped 30 to 40 mm, that’s what was expected. We were definitely on yellow alert, a parameter that citizens generally don’t really take into account.“, says Pierre Huat.
