Warning after Briton rescued from high tide in Brittany
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Authorities in north-west France have urged the public to be extra cautious on the coast after a Briton required helicopter rescue from rising tides over the weekend.
A 45-year-old British man became trapped by the tide at around 20:20 on October 19, at the Pointe de Bellefard, in Saint-Lunaire (Brittany).
The prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine (Brittany) issued the warning amid forecasts of Storm Ashley hitting the area on Sunday, October 20. The storm had been termed a “weather bomb” by
forecasters due to the rapid loss of pressure it was forecast to see on landfall.
It is the third named storm to hit France in the past two weeks.
Very high tides were predicted on the Breton coast, including a tidal coefficient of up to 112 for Saint-Malo on Saturday, October 19, and up to 103 on Sunday. For context, a tidal
coefficient of over 100 is considered very high, and 120 is considered extraordinarily high.