Torrential rain, gusting winds, and major flooding caused widespread travel disruption, prompting evacuations and a series of red weather alerts

Chantepie, Rennes, France Video Recording Date/Time6, 2025 Storm Herminia struck Rennes on Sunday, January 26, causing the worst flooding in 40 years and forcing the evacuation of more than 400 people.

A succession of recent storms, including Storm Herminia, have caused severe flooding in western France. Residents have been forced to leave their homes by boat and helicopter. In Rennes, one of the worst affected places, around 400 people were taken to safety. The city's mayor said it was the most severe flooding in more than four decades.

Storm Herminia caused road closures in some areas of France. About 400 people were evacuated from homes in and around the city of Rennes, at the heart of the hardest-hit region. The mayor called it the city's worst flooding in more than 40 years and said in a statement that the waters weren't expected to start receding until Wednesday.

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RENNES, France (Reuters) – Floodwaters submerged cars and buildings in the western French city of Rennes on Sunday as Storm Herminia reached parts of western France. Weather service Meteo France forecasted gusts of up to 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour) as well as high waves in coastal areas in the region of Brittany.

France placed swathes of Brittany in the west of the country on red weather alert Monday as a violent storm brought flood levels not

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Parts of western France were placed on a red weather alert on Monday as storm Herminia brought flood levels not seen in decades.