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Aude extends the swimming monitoring schedules
#Canicule – Since August 13, 2025, on the Littoral Audois, in Leucate, La Palme, Gruissan, Narbonne-Plage and Saint-Pierre-la-Mer, the rescue stations will start monitoring the swimming from 8 a.m. (against 11 a.m. before) until 7 p.m. It is a first in France and it is the direct consequence of the scorching episodes that follow one another in our region. Bathers are more and more numerous, especially early in the morning, and to avoid hot blows the SDIS has set up this measure at the request of the municipalities. Recall that two brothers aged 58 and 68 died on August 12 outside the surveillance periods.
The figure of the day: 6 million euros
#Aveyron – This is the sum that the town of Séverac-d’Aveyron will receive through a legacy. “It’s been over a year and a half that we are in discussion”says the mayor, Edmond Gros. At the origin of this donation, a Héraultais nonagenaire – domiciled in Capestang -, in love with the town and its heritage, in particular of the Séverac castle, perched on its hill. In addition to money, this legacies includes material goods worth 2 million euros.
The electricity cut plunges the holidays into the dark
#GARD – In the evening from Thursday, 14 to Friday, August 15, 2025, an impact of lightning on a high -voltage line plunged into the darkness of many Gard municipalities. A breakdown, which started around 10 p.m. and which caused panic scenes. In Grau-du-Roi, in the Amigoland amusement park, people found themselves stuck on a merry-go-round several meters high. “In the arenas, the show had to be canceled. On the restaurant terraces, everything was in the dark. The main difficulty remains the communications that were all cut“, Explains the mayor Robert Crauste. In Vauvert, the party had to be put on break at the time of the racing of the bulls and there was a start of evacuation before the return of the light. The ball also was disturbed. A cut which will have lasted several tens of minutes, touching nearly 130,000 subscribers in total, in the south of the Gard.
Migrants: a center under provisional administration
#MONTPELLIER – Opened in 2016 in Montpellier, the Marconi center, an emergency accommodation center for migrants, currently welcomes around thirty migrants. Originally planned for 120 people, the center, managed by the 2 things Moon association, faces difficulties and dismissed 5 employees on the eight of the structure. “Our problem is the management of the center now. We are in a free fall”had alerted educators in June at the end of June last. A closure was even envisaged. Finally, the center is the subject of a resumption of activity under the regime of a provisional administration decided by the prefect. A new manager should be appointed during a call for tenders in 2026.
Two Canadair back in Nîmes after the Spanish fires
\ UD83D \ UDD25 \ UD83C \ UDF33 Several departments are placed in high risk for #Feuxdeforêt.
Stay vigilant, 9 out of 10 fires are of human origin then:
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\ U2705 Check access to forest massifs above all … pic.twitter.com/RnS9O6cv9F– Civil security (@seccivilefrance) August 15, 2025
#Civil security – Two Canadair sent Tuesday August 12, 2025 in Spain “will return this evening (Friday August 15) to Nîmes to be operational tomorrow (Saturday August 16) in France”announced Frédéric Harrault, spokesperson for civil security. Fires in Spain have burned 70,000 hectares in recent days, for a total of more than 115,000 ha since early August. “France proposed its help until Friday evening because we know that Saturday is a day at risk in the south of France, with massifs which will be on red alert therefore prohibited from access”explained Frédéric Harrault.
