00:00Roads cut off, fields flooded, and residents forced to take to canoes to get about.
00:07The town of Dene, like much of the rest of Western France, is experiencing its worst flooding in decades.
00:13And in neighbouring Rochefort-sur-Loire, residents were forced to anticipate things ahead of time.
00:21We'd planned ahead, we really had, so we did the shopping accordingly.
00:25As for me, I'm off to work. I've told my colleagues I'll be a little late, because things are organised
00:30differently today.
00:33About 10 kilometres downriver in Chalon-sur-Loire, businesses are once again grappling with what has become an increasingly frequent
00:40phenomenon.
00:42Ten years ago was the first time. Then there was a big flood in June 2021, but didn't get into
00:49the kitchens.
00:50Whereas here, we have more than a foot of water in the kitchen.
00:54Another region badly hit is the Gironde, south and east of Bordeaux, where the Garonne River burst its banks.
01:01These municipal employees in the town of L'Ariol are doing the rounds through the town's inundated streets
01:06to bring supplies to residents and help those who can't leave their homes.
01:13She doesn't have access to the hens, and we, with the boat and waders, managed to get to the hen
01:18house, so we're feeding them.
01:20They haven't eaten since the start of the floods.
01:27Well, it's been almost six days now that we've been flooded, and now we've got to wait at least a
01:33fortnight before things might get back to normal.
01:39France's Meteorological Service says red flood alerts will remain in place on Wednesday in four departments in the west of
01:46the country.
01:46And worse may be to come, with Storm Pedro expected to bring further heavy rain over the next two days.
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