EN IMAGES. Rues immergées, maisons inondées… Les crues inédites dans le Grand Ouest sous l’œil de nos photographes 21.02.2026

The Grand Ouest region of France, particularly Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire, is experiencing unprecedented flooding following over thirty days of continuous rain and the passage of storms Pedro and Nils. Three departments, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, and Charente-Maritime, remain on red alert as major floods persist along rivers like the Maine, Charente, and Loire. In Cheffes-sur-Sarthe (Maine-et-Loire), approximately thirty residents were evacuated, and the village is under surveillance by a gendarmerie river brigade. Angers, the departmental capital, saw its river, the Maine, peak at 6.39 meters on Saturday afternoon. Despite a predicted stabilization of water levels, future rainfall introduces uncertainty. Nine other departments are on orange alert, with significant overflows expected to continue for at least another twenty-four hours.














