The meteorological episode largely affected France this Saturday evening. A woman was found dead in Rouendrowned under a car, and 15 other people were injured after these intense rain and other gusts of wind reaching 120 km/h. Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, took stock on Sunday morning, recalling that “for the first time in 20 years, 65 departments experienced orange vigilance at the same time“. He explains that among the injured, two people are in serious condition.
A teenager in critical condition
A 13-year-old boy is among those seriously injured in “a public road accident“in Indre-et-Loire. He is in critical condition, according to the ministry. In total, 2,400 firefighters were engaged and they carried out 3,500 interventions. 50,000 lightning strikes were recorded, explained Gérald Darmanin. This Sunday evening, these are 7,000 homes which were still without electricity according to Enedis.
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Among the damage caused, Gérald Darmanin mentioned “masterpieces”, especially bridges “carried away” in Mayenne, and also wine growing, particularly in Landes and Gers.
A “disaster for agriculture”
The storm was a “real disaster”, the hail having affected both vines, cereal crops and buildings, the president of the FNSEA, Christiane Lambert, told AFP on Sunday.
The State assesses the damage “territory by territory”, the Minister of Agriculture in Gironde this Monday
“We have identified very significant damage to viticulture, arboriculture. We are in the process of evaluating” the loss “territory by territory to do things seriously and that we can put in place the tools” to help farmers, said this Sunday on franceinfo Marc Fesneau, agriculture minister and Food Sovereignty. He will go to Gironde this Monday, “with hard-hit winegrowers”. “The services are mobilized. About forty departments” are concerned. “The State is there. There are the classic devices”, as the classification in a state of natural disaster“and we will see depending on the damage if there is a need to complete.”
“The deadlines are generally very short to trigger agricultural disasters. We need to qualify the nature of the damage, hail or flood, to deploy all the devices.” A new compensation scheme will come into force in 2023. It provides for risk sharing between the State, farmers and insurers. “Depending on the nature of the damage, we can either through the insurance system or through the state solidarity system, deal with climate change and its consequences.”
