Overview
- Shortly after 1 a.m., a caller reported a car swept off the road in Nyons; divers later found the vehicle buried in sand with no occupants inside.
- Gendarmerie fluvial units, firefighters, divers, drones and a helicopter were deployed, but hazardous conditions forced a pause in operations Thursday evening ahead of a dawn restart with an expanded perimeter.
- Météo‑France kept Drôme and Vaucluse on orange vigilance for flooding at least through Friday, and five departments were placed on yellow alert for flood risk.
- Vigicrues recorded the Eygues rising from about 1.78 m at 1 a.m. to 2.33 m by 4 a.m. in Nyons, with a downstream peak near Orange of roughly 400 m³/s before a gradual easing later in the morning.
- Emergency services logged 32 interventions in southern Drôme, including a flooded basement at the La Pastourelle care home in Pierrelatte where residents were moved as a precaution, and an animal refuge also reported inundation.