Overview
- Charente-Maritime, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne and Maine-et-Loire remain at the highest flood alert, with strong tidal coefficients prompting warnings of major overflow in Libourne and Bordeaux, where the city has activated its civil protection plan.
- Vigicrues reports that the brief easing earlier in the week has ended and water levels are rising again, with new peaks expected at Tonneins and Marmande on the Garonne.
- Saintes faces extensive flooding on the Charente, where authorities evacuated 135 inmates from the local prison and the prefect projects levels comparable to past major events, while multiple streets remain underwater.
- A man is missing after his canoe capsized on the Loire near Chalonnes-sur-Loire, and the prefect of Maine-et-Loire cautioned that chances of finding him are low given currents and cold water.
- The government says a natural catastrophe will be declared after the episode concludes, and insurers have launched reconnaissance missions to speed compensation in hard-to-access zones.