Maintained on red alert in Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne, the Garonne remains under close surveillance on Sunday against a backdrop of "widespread flooding" in France. Further rains raise fears of rivers overflowing.
Published on: 02/15/2026 - 11:42 Modified on: 02/15/2026 - 1:20 p.m.
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Storm Nils no longer sweeps France, but its secondary effects are being felt. The Garonne was kept on red alert for floods, Sunday February 15 and Monday February 16, in Gironde and in Lot-et-Garonne against a backdrop of "widespread flooding" in France, announced Vigicrues.
The public information service on flood risk predicts further rain which could cause the most reactive rivers to rise.
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“A new disturbance will approach the country from Brittany today, watering a large part of the country,” writes Vigicrues in its 6:00 a.m. bulletin. “For rivers on orange or red alert, significant and major overflows are in progress or expected in the next 24 hours.”
Nine departments remain on orange alert
Sunday and Monday, nine departments remain placed on orange alert for floods: Eure-et-Loire, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, Charente-Maritime, Charente, Dordogne and Tarn-et-Garonne.
Haute-Garonne, Ariège and Morbihan returned to yellow on Sunday morning.
On Saturday, the authorities reported around 80 people evacuated in Gironde.
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Upstream of the Garonne, in Lot-et-Garonne, "preventive" evacuations affected 590 people on Saturday, according to the prefecture, bringing the total of evacuees to 1,500 in the department.
Further north, in Maine-et-Loire, around 850 to 900 people are affected, according to the mayor of Saint-Jean-de-la Croix.
Snowfall expected
Added to this are two other weather alerts: an orange snow-ice alert until Sunday evening for around fifteen departments in the northern half of the country, particularly in the Paris region and in Hauts-de-France; and an orange alert for avalanches in the Pyrenees until Monday.
The arrival of a snowy episode in Île-de-France has also led airlines to reduce their flight schedule for the day at the Paris airports of Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Orly, while bus traffic could experience occasional disruptions depending on the state of the ground.
On the road side, the police headquarters published a snow and ice decree on Saturday, lowering the traffic speed for Sunday by 20 km/h on the main roads of Île-de-France, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., for all vehicles.
Météo-France forecasts snowfall of one to three centimeters in the Paris region, and three to six centimeters in Hauts-de-France.
With AFP
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