President Macron has announced a state of natural disaster in over 200 municipalities in the Pas-de-Calais and about thirty in the Nord department which have suffered flooding. He also announced the establishment of a fund of 50 million euros to help victims in the Pas-de-Calais. The President has been visiting the department today. He also announced what he called "partial unemployment mechanisms" to help affected businesses. A separate fund will be established to help support farmers, including those in Brittany and Normandy who have suffered storm damage.
Meanwhile, the Cannes Town Hall is mobilizing to help flood victims in the Pas-de-Calais. A delegation from Cannes, made up of five agents from the Major Risks Directorate and the General Directorate of Technical Services, left this morning in a vehicle and a van, to go to a Civil Protection meeting in Berck-sur-Mer. The team is transporting flood control equipment including 5 motor pumps.
Five people have been arrested after gunshots were fired in the Moulins district of Nice, according to the Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hughes Moutouh. He said that they were foreign drugs dealers, some of whom are minors. In a social media post, Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi thanked the National Police officers who had been involved in making the arrests.
A street in the centre of Nice was cordoned off this morning after the discovery of a suspicious package. Police and bomb disposal experts attended the scene on rue Alphonse Karr.
A police officer was hospitalised after a small fire broke out at Nice Cote d'Azur airport last night. Report
