Flooding here in Saint-Aignan...

...has been minor compared to flooding along France's west coast (along the Atlantic ocean, more than 150 miles from here). The photo above shows the river road we take from our little settlement down a steep hill to get to Saint-Aignan to the southeast and Montrichard to the northwest (where some roads have flooded). As you can see, the road along the river here is built on a levee to prevent frequent flooding. Houses are built on even higher ground south of the Cher river valley. Trees are planted on land that is at river level and that is prone to flooding nearly every winter or spring.