{"id":9387,"date":"2018-06-14T23:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/la-crue-du-13-juin-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:46:42","slug":"flood-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/flood-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The flood on 13th June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9387\" class=\"elementor elementor-9387 elementor-1268 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6dc22e60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6dc22e60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16843cd2\" data-id=\"16843cd2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d95a640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d95a640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The morning of the <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">flood<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78406a38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78406a38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Sanctuary of Lourdes, before sunrise on Wednesday 13th June 2018, the Gave River had reached the designated limit at a height of 2.50 metres. To cope with the ongoing flooding of the Grotto, from 3am, security personnel and technical staff from the Sanctuary had deployed on site. Primary objective: to protect the Grotto while ensuring the safe-guarding of the spring, with the establishment of the anti-flood system, consisting of water filled rods placed on top of each other to the desired height. A moving picture: transferring the Crucifix from the Grotto to the Rosary Basilica.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5aa2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7a5aa2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=EJ-PM10MHug&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6894b636 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6894b636\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The height of the flood at <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">12:55 <br \/><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b55aa3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b55aa3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Gave River continued to overflow into the Sanctuary. The peak of flood was recorded at 12:55, at a height of 2.91m. Then the water level started to go down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e06185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0e06185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=FdHGNePXu0o&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b64a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50b64a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Reopening of the Grotto <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">the next day <\/span>at 8:45 pm<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c90066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57c90066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sanctuary staff and volunteers set to work cleaning the site. Thanks to their combined efforts, the grotto was able to reopen on the evening of 14th June at 8:45 pm. In an unusual turn of events, the torchlight Marian Procession left from the Grotto to mark the event and give to thanks for the positive outcome: there was no damage. At the Grotto, the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, Mgr Nicolas Brouwet, thanked the benefactors and donors who, through their generosity, ensured that the Sanctuary could be equipped with flood defences that could be deployed effectively. He also thanked the employees and volunteers who had been active over the past 48 hours, and he finished by thanking the pilgrims for their great patience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1c363d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f1c363d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=d3YAJd5RUhA&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f056433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f056433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The morning of the flood In the Sanctuary of Lourdes, before sunrise on Wednesday 13th June 2018, the Gave River had reached the designated limit at a height of 2.50 metres. To cope with the ongoing flooding of the Grotto, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/flood-2018\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":6927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lourdes-reports-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The flood on 13th June 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/flood-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TV 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