High tides will continue until Wednesday. While exceptional coefficients are expected throughout the Channel and Atlantic coast, the authorities are increasing calls for the greatest caution.
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Inexorably, the water rises and begins to flood the streets. It takes more to surprise Daniel, a resident of Saint-Valery-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime), who decided to take the lead by keeping himself in check. “It’s important, otherwise water gets into the hallway”, he explains to us as he closes his door. Yet accustomed to these excesses, the inhabitants do not shy away from their pleasures. “It’s quite a remarkable spectacle, even if it’s dangerous and there are risks for the population”, underlines a local resident. To avoid any accidents, the town hall has also decided to block certain streets.
It’s so pretty, but at the same time very dangerous
It’s so pretty, but at the same time very dangerous
A little further south, in Fécamp (Seine-Maritime), a stretch of beach should be completely submerged at high tide. A rare scene that no one gets tired of. “It’s so pretty, but at the same time very dangerous”comments a resident in the TF1 1 p.m. report to be found at the top of this article. “We have to be careful. For the moment, the beach is not yet closed but even when it is, there are people who defy the barriers and expose themselves”notes another.
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In Bordeaux (Gironde), these high tides partially block the Garonne estuary. As an immediate consequence, the river has also left its bed and overflowed onto part of the quays where traffic is prohibited. Even further south, in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), these equinox tides whose coefficients are greater than 90 are gradually eating away at the beach. The authorities are calling for extreme caution until Wednesday, the end of high tides.
The editorial staff of TF1info | Report: Henri Dreyfus, Vincent Topenot, Pauline Lormant
2024-03-11 19:17:03
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