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Finistère on Orange Flood Alert as Odet River Swells

Warnings remain through Saturday due to slow river response after Thursday’s deluge.

Overview

  • Vigicrues and MétéoFrance report an important rise on the Odet and have kept the department at orange level for river flooding.
  • The alert follows an Atlantic rain episode that dropped around 40 mm with local peaks of 60–70 mm onto soils saturated by Storm Goretti.
  • Emergency services logged more than 230 interventions, with eight homes flooded in Plougonvelin, four people evacuated, and safety power cuts affecting about 200 households.
  • Flooding also hit Crozon and parts of the Landerneau area, with secondary roads rendered difficult or impassable and regional rail seeing delays and some cancellations, notably near Landerneau and Brest.
  • Rain is easing, which should allow a gradual fall in river levels, and authorities urge residents to avoid flooded routes, keep clear of waterways, and stay out of basements.