In the south-west of France, more than 100 thousand hectares were flooded due to flooding.

Floods in France have not stopped for 33 days, the territory in the south-west of the country with a total area of about 110 thousand hectares was under water. This was reported on February 17 by the France Info TV channel.

According to the newspaper, the cities located in the valleys of the Garonne, Loire and Charente rivers suffered the most. The highest red level of climate danger has been declared in the departments of Maine-et-Loire, as well as the Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne. Another 14 departments have the penultimate, orange, danger level.

The authorities continue to evacuate residents from flooded areas — more than 1.6 thousand people were forced to leave their homes.

According to the BFM TV channel in the Telegram channel, the preliminary damage from the disaster may reach € 3 billion.

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