Hello, my wife and I are flying into Nice on Saturday, and are then going to be catching a ride to Antibes. Has anyone heard how Antibes is faring with all the flooding lately?
The main effect was between Antibes and Biot along the river Brague where there was considerable damage from rain induced floods at the weekend including devastation at the Marineland park. The road to Nice was cut off. Then yesterday high seas caused damage at beach level between Golfe Juan and Juan les Pins. Unless you intend camping however you are unlilkely to be affected and the forecast for the weeknd is sunny.
Although alarming such events are fairly coomon - i would say flash floods occur yearly - the dry river beds look innocent but suddenly turn into raging and often lethal torrents. Unfortunately the floodable land which is not good for permanent building is often used for campsites.
High seas make a spectacular sight along the cliff top Ramparts in antibes - often drenching the road above - a sight inconceivable to those summer tourists who see only the mill pond like Med!
Ed
The alpes maritimes is hardly affected -even though the photos can look pretty dramatic at times everything is back to normal quickly
we have had lot of rain in a short period -making up for months of drought and near drought which has been most of the year - a couple of rivers overflowed , a few hundred folk were evacuated by the pompiers.
Most of the rivers in the area have been subject to extensive flood prevention and flood prediction measures which means that if there is a flooding risk then people are evacuated.
The main impact was on Marineland , which will be shut for a few days
The neighbouring region of the Var, has been harder hit - fewer rivers are protected by anti flood measures and anti-flood warnings
As WB says I don't think many people realise the severity of what can happen when it rains on the Riviera. Rain falls on very few days but when it does it is often much heavier than we ever get in the south of England. There was a day last January when we could not go out of our flat in Villefranche for some hours as water was pouring down the street outside with the severity of a mountain stream in full spate. The day after we were able to have lunch outside in warm sunshine.
Thanks a lot guys. I guess I just panicked...looking at maps it looks like the aoort is right on the water, and I wasnt even sure if the airport was even going to be open.
The airport was fully open, functional and there was no effect of air traffic even when one of the access roads was flooded on sunday /monday
The minor road closure only meant a slightly longer time to get in via another road
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