00:00Four departments in western France remain on red alert for flooding until Thursday and nine others are on orange alert
00:08for rain and flooding with the arrival of Storm Pedro.
00:11After a lull on Tuesday afternoon, Météo France announced further widespread disruption in the west of the country.
00:18Already experiencing some of its worst flooding in decades after days of rain,
00:23authorities have spoken of record levels of humidity not seen since 1959 and linked it to climate change.
00:31Charente-Maritime, Gironde, Lotte-Gaon and Maine-et-Loire are the departments most affected.
00:37The floodwaters forced the evacuation of nearly 2,000 residents between Agen and Bordeaux and caused thousands of power outages,
00:46officials said.
00:47The French government said it will provide support to communities affected by the bad weather.
00:52With most of France still on flood alert, weather authorities have said Storm Pedro, arriving from Brittany,
00:59is set to impact France on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing another bout of heavy rainfall and winds.
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