Overview
- About 450 residents left the low-lying village on Friday after the mayor issued a general evacuation order.
- The Sarthe measured 6.66 meters on Friday, with the prefecture projecting a peak around 6.83 meters overnight Saturday to Sunday.
- Enedis was instructed to cut all electricity to Cheffes by evening as a safety measure in the flooded zone.
- Roughly thirty gendarmes and firefighters conducted house-by-house removals using boats and canoes to reach remaining residents.
- The operation marks the first evacuation of this scale in Cheffes since 1995, with shelters open and patrols reinforced after reports of attempted opportunistic thefts.