This Tuesday, April 9, the Seine floods. High tidal coefficients and heavy rainfall cause the river to overflow.
In Rouen, traffic in the city center is not recommended this Tuesday afternoon. The tracks on the right bank and the Corneille and Boieldieu hoppers in both directions are closed from 15:00, as well as part of the Gaston-Boulet embankment (hopper passage), at the corner of rue de Lecat.
Municipal sector Bardouville, Caumont, La Bouille and Duclair is also affected, with the flood peak at 9.61 meters at La Bouille. The mayor of the town, living on France Bleu Normandie, announces that this flood is similar to that of 2020, with three restaurants and houses affected. The municipality will request recognition of the state of natural disaster.
The coast is of course also affected. In a press release, the prefecture warns against a risk of immersion from Saint-Valery-en-Caux to Étretat and from Tréport to Veules-les-Roses. In this context, the RD222 in Criel-sur-Mer was closed to traffic. Residents are advised to avoid the beaches and park in parking lots near the beaches. Municipalities have been urged to limit or even ban public access during high tide.
First flood Monday night into Tuesday
in Bardouville, The Seine reached 9.55 meters, 20 centimeters above the wall on the bank of the river, during the night from Monday to Tuesday. The village of Beaulieu was flooded, the water reaching the foot of the houses. There were no preventive evacuations, the inhabitants of this settlement are unfortunately used to the flooding of the river.
According to the mayor of the city, Dominique Rousseau, it was a flood “similar to 2020”, “less impressive than announced”, “contained” and “under control”. “We have already been able to pump out some of the flood”testified Dominique Rousseau, live at 6 am France Blue Normandy. “After an hour we were already at least four or five centimeters shorter. It’s important because we know the next tide is just as important as this one. And that means maybe houses will be significantly affected.”
The prefecture of Seine-Maritime announces in a press release that this flood has “weakened the low wall that separates the Seine from the RD64, at Bardouville and Mauna.” Work is underway to strengthen the dike by installing “big bags” of marl sand in the damaged area. In Bardouville, only one house with four residents was affected overnight, without the need to evacuate.
In Duclair, top According to vigicrue, 9.43 meters was achieved on the night of Monday to Tuesday, the flood record in this city is 9.54 meters. Contacted by Franco Bleu Normandie, the mayor of the commune, Jean Delalandre, said that water had covered the roads bordering the river, but that the water from the Seine had not penetrated into the heart of the commune, that had not happened. There were no evacuations and no homes were flooded.