- Title: Drone shows flooding in western France in wake of storms and heavy rains
- Date: 30th January 2025
- Summary: SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-REDON, FRANCE (JANUARY 30, 2025) (REUTERS) DRONE VIEW OF OVERFLOWING VILAINE RIVER WITH TOWN OF REDON IN BACKGROUND (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE VIEWS OF FLOODED AREA AROUND REDON (MUTE) FLOODED CARS ON RIVER BANK BRIDGE ABOVE OVERFLOWING RIVER
- Embargoed: 13th February 2025 14:33
- Keywords: Brittany rain rainfall water
- Location: SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-REDON, FRANCE
- City: SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-REDON, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA001744330012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Drone footage showed the extent of major flooding near the western French town of Redon on Thursday (January 30), as the floods were expected to reach a historic peak.
Surrounded by rivers, the town, which is home to ten thousand people, was “almost isolated” according to its mayor, Pascal Duchene, quoted by French media.
The flooding has been ongoing since storms Ivo, Eowyn and Herminia, followed by heavy rainfall, hit the region over the weekend, submerging streets, houses and fields.
Over a thousand residents of the Ille-et-Vilaine department have been evacuated from their homes but no casualties have been reported.
France's national weather agency had on Monday (January 27) placed Ile-et-Vilaine, in Brittany, on red alert due to the risk of major flooding.
The Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments were added to the list on Tuesday (January 28).
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