"We knew the winter floods, not Easter!": in Dordogne, the inhabitants prepared for the worst.

The Dordogne department has been in orange vigilance for floods and floods since Sunday. Around La Vézère, in the heart of the Black Perigord, inhabitants, tourists, restaurateurs and hoteliers, were on the qui-vive for this busy Easter weekend.

The two departments were placed in orange vigilance by Meteo-France for Sunday and Monday. A peak is expected in the middle of the night.

The Dordogne prefecture reported 28 interventions during Sunday, with no casualties or evacuations other than cars.

The water rose very quickly during the night and this morning up to 4.5 meters. The Dordogne was placed in orange vigilance for flooding on the sections of the Isle upstream and the Vézère downstream. And according to Vigicrue's forecasts, this night the water should rise to more than 6 meters.

The vehicle was engaged, despite the ban, on a road in the municipality of Montignac-Lascaux partially flooded by the sudden flood of the Vézère.

"Pluvio-storming degradation" has affected the Dordogne watershed and its tributaries in Corrèze since Saturday. Vigicrues warns against "a further increase in the levels expected from Sunday afternoon".