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Homes were evacuated, trees blown over, roads blocked and a man rescued as nearly 50cm of rain fell in the department of H茅rault over the weekend.

The department is still on a yellow weather warning for flooding, after an orange M茅t茅o France alert came to an end earlier this morning.

Over the weekend, a so-called 鈥楳editerranean episode鈥� brought with it 426mm of rainfall, causing the river Orb to burst its banks. In B茅ziers, the river reached 12.43m, higher than the historic flood of November 2014.

Last night (Sunday, March 13), B茅ziers鈥� fire and rescue teams stated that they were carrying out evacuations of around 35 homes in the town, around the Plaine Saint-Pierre area. Some 26 horses and 13 ponies also had to be evacuated from the Eperon biterrois equestrian centre.

On Saturday evening, an aquatic rescue crew saved a man who had become trapped in the water on a closed road, and was suffering from hypothermia.

Other than these incidents, no one has been hurt as a result of the flooding.

With winds of up to 110km/h blowing between S猫te and Montpellier, several trees were uprooted and various roads were closed to the public.

Today (March 14), the river has fallen by 50cm and the rain has abated, although forecasts some showers over the course of the day.

鈥淚t has been years since we have seen anything like this, even if we are somewhat accustomed to floods,鈥� said B茅ziers mayor Robert M茅nard yesterday.

鈥淎t this stage, it is not just roads which are blocked off and fields under water, but houses which are threatened.鈥�

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