REDON, Feb 1: Residents of a flooded French town on Thursday waited for the water to drain away from its streets, after a nearby river did not rise out of its bed quite as high as expected.
The Herminia depression earlier this week unleashed downpours on northwestern France, sparking some of the worst floods in decades.
Surrounded by two rivers, a canal and marshes, several parts of the town of Redon in Brittany have been sitting in water since Wednesday.
The Vilaine river's level on Thursday morning was hovering just below that of historic floods in 2001, official alert body Vigicrues reported.
The river had been projected to swell further later in the day and Friday, but by Thursday evening it had remained at more or less the same level, the body's website showed.
"Things are settling down," said local official Amaury de Saint-Quentin.
FLOOD ALERT: Water levels to recede in next three days
