WEATHER: Heavy rains have battered Nantes on Sunday late afternoon. The department had not been placed on orange alert …
Houses and flooded parking lots, closed roads, cars trapped … While Meteo France placed 17 departments on orange alert for thunderstorms on Sunday night, torrential rain fell, at 6pm in the city of Nantes. The department of Loire-Atlantique however, was not placed in vigilance. According to the Weather Channel, more than 50 centimeters of rain had fallen in some places of the city.
Quand il pleut à #Nantes, ça ne rigole pas… #Orage #Inondations pic.twitter.com/aYhGZr41jG
— Cerise ???? (@ceriiise) July 9, 2017
The firefighters coordination center is overwhelmed with calls for assistance interventions, reports the daily Ouest France . At 9pm, they counted 265 reports and interventions related to flooding, mostly in Nantes. According to witnesses, the storm had only lasted half an hour but was of rare intensity.
Nantes, nouvelle Venise ? pic.twitter.com/kuU13XaHa7
— Kuromiku (@Shyiuna) July 9, 2017
Some streets are closed to traffic. In others, the cars are trapped by water. Houses, cellars and parking areas are also flooded.
En plein coeur de Nantes, charmant T2 avec piscine ouverte. pic.twitter.com/M1mTymI3Sx
— Lauriane Le Goff (@laurianelegoff) July 9, 2017
Maker Water Nantes
???? #makerfairenantes #MFN17 c’était trop cool quand même ! pic.twitter.com/mTl5hU7be6— Stephane Cohan (@SCxPro) July 9, 2017
C’est le moment de sortir le paddle les Nantais. ???????? #Nantes pic.twitter.com/CXGs3P83cU
— BRΞIZH is BΞAUTIFUL (@BreizhOfficiel) July 9, 2017
