The decision concerns landslides caused as a result of the intense drought that affected the department in 2022.
The decision was released on Wednesday at Official newspaper. The state of natural disaster is recognized for 51 municipalities of the Rhône and the metropolis of Lyon.
The decision concerns “differential land movements following drought and soil rehydration” which occurred over a period from January to September 2022, the Rhône prefecture said in a press release.
The inhabitants of the affected municipalities have a period of 30 days from this Wednesday to make requests to their insurance.
The list of municipalities concerned: Anse, Arnas, Belleville-en-Beaujolais, Blacé, Brignais, Bully, Chaponost, Charbonnières-les-Bains, Chasselay, Châtillon Chazay-d’Azergues, Les Chères, Chessy, Civrieux-d’Azergues, Curis-au-Mont- d’Or, Denice, Dommartin, Écully, Fleurieu-sur-Saône, Francheville, Frontenas, Givors, Gleizé, Grézieu-la-Varenne, Haute-Rivoire, Juliénas, Lancié, Lentilly, Limas, Limonest, Lissieu, Lozanne, Lucenay, Meys, Meyzieu, Montanay, Morancé, Pierre-Bénite, Apple trees, Gate of the Golden Stones, Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d’Or, Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d’Or, Saint-Genis-les-Ollières , Saint-Germain-Nuelles, Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, Saint-Julien, Savigny, Souzy, Theizé, La Tour-de-Salvagny and Villefranche-sur-Saône.
The Rhône on drought alert
After a “period of intense drought” in 2022 and a winter season marked by a significant lack of rain, the Rhône prefecture announced that it was placing the department and the metropolis of Lyon on “drought vigilance” on April 12.
A decision that comes earlier this year than in 2022. The vigilance stage was only decreed at the end of April.
By this decision, the prefecture intends to “alert on the sensitivity of water resources and invite users – individuals, industrialists, farmers, communities – to use water sparingly”, she explained.
It also specified that “if the situation does not improve”, measures to restrict the use of water could be put in place.
2023-05-04 05:29:32
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