On November 23, 2024, Sylvain Chave was a guest on BFM TV, to talk about storm Caetano, which left more than 18,000 homes without power.
Watch the entire program on the BFM TV website.
Thunderstorms, intense rainfall, flooding… the events that have impacted our regions in recent months have once again highlighted the need to adapt to climatic risks.
At local level, there are a number of preventive measures in place to help identify and take appropriate action. For over 10 years, Groupama-Predict has been providing day-to-day support to local authorities in drawing up their Plans Communaux de Sauvegarde (PCS) and their DICRIM, and in providing real-time information in the event of risk.
At the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales in Paris from November 19 to 21, Groupama-Predict engineers will be on hand to present the climate risk adaptation solutions included in your local authority insurance policy.
Groupama-Predict stand
Meet us at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center, Hall 2.2 – stand D62.
For more information about the show, click here.
Alix Roumagnac took part in the “Génération transformons la France” podcast organized by La Tribune Events on November 13, 2024.
Accompanied by Raphaëlle Duchemin, he tells the story of Predict Service on the show.
Find the podcast on YouTube by clicking here.
The partners of the GOBEYOND project (GeO and weather multi-hazard impact Based Early warning and response systems supporting rapid deploYment of first respONders in EU and beyonD), led by the University of Catalonia and supported by the European Union, met in Sétubal, Portugal, to share the project’s progress and prepare the next steps.
Gobeyond responds to the need to implement a global early warning system, as called for by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The aim of the project is to design and provide a platform for anticipating and managing the impacts of hydro-meteorological and geological hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis), in order to continuously improve operational response in Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
Predict presented a first version of the prototype, integrating functionalities meeting the needs of the four pillars of risk management (Risk Knowledge – Preparedness – Monitoring – Warning and Dissemination), as well as European data made available by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
Since the end of September 2024, Predict has been supporting the Côte d’Ivoire authorities as part of the VIGICLIMM project (Projet de modernisation du système de vigilance, d’alerte, et de services climatiques et météorologiques aux usagers) and the PARU (Projet d’Assainissement et de Résilience Urbaine) urban sanitation and resilience project.
As part of the VIGICLIMM project, financed by the AFD – Agence Française de Développement, Predict is working alongside Météo France International (MFI) to strengthen the capacity of the Société d’exploitation et de développement aéroportuaire, aéronautique et météorologique (SODEXAM Côte d’Ivoire), helping it to modernize its vigilance, warning and climate and weather services to users.
Predict is also working with the Côte d’Ivoire authorities, with its partner BRL Ingénierie as part of the PARU project financed by the World Bank, to improve the Early Warning and Forecasting System (SPAP) aimed at protecting populations against the risk of flooding.
Over a two-week period, Predict worked with the Ivorian authorities to carry out an audit prior to the modernization of the country’s early warning and alert system, and to draw up the first Community Safety Plans (Plans Communaux de Sauvegarde – PCS) in Côte d’Ivoire, in order to design the preventive action plans needed for effective, operational management of the flood risks affecting the autonomous district of Abidjan.
Session on drawing up a Communal Emergency Response Plan
On October 17, 2024, Alix Roumagnac was a guest on Midi Libre to present the current Cevenol episode.
Click here to read the article.
On October 17, 2024, Alix Roumagnac spoke to France 3 Occitanie about the heavy flooding in the Gard and Lozère regions.
Read the full article here: France 3 Occitanie
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Alix Roumagnac, President of Predict Services, was a guest on France Info. He spoke about storm Kirk, explaining the impact of climate change on this type of event.
Click here to read the full article.
Virginie Vives and her team visited the company’s premises and presented Predict Services’ activities in a 20-minute documentary.
Watch her programme ‘Dans une société de prédiction et d’alerte météo’ on the France Bleu website and let Alix Roumagnac guide you through Predict’s various services.
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On 7 October, Alix Roumagnac was the guest on TF1‘s news programme to talk about Predict Services’ role in helping local authorities prepare for hydro-meteorological events.
To read the full article on TF1, click here.
From September 29 to October 6, Predict Services was on hand to assist the organizers of the fantastic MED MAX I Occitanie – Saïdia Resorts sailing race in the Mediterranean, to ensure that it ran smoothly during a period when risky Mediterranean phenomena are commonplace.
A closed sea, the Mediterranean set a new record for average temperature this summer (28.9°C), and is a hotspot for observing climate change and the resulting risks.
Faced with this challenge, Predict is working to set up the “Early Warning for Med” system as part of the European Gobeyond project, which is part of the drive to implement a global early warning system called for by the UN and the WMO.
Predict is also supporting the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior in the development of a warning and early action system: the Vigirisque Project.
Predict was also keen to accompany the MED MAX, linking two shores of the Mediterranean from the town of Grau-du-Roi in France (a town that Predict has been assisting for many years) to Saïdia in Morocco.
On Wednesday September 25, Alix Roumagnac took part in a conference on the Mediterranean climate and associated risks.
Inauguration of the MED MAX village in Port Camargue
For more information on the event, visit the MED MAX page.
On Wednesday October 2, Predict took part in the “Salon Horizon Climatique”, a first-of-its-kind event organized by the Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée.
The one-day event gave visitors the opportunity to discuss the vulnerability of businesses to risk, and how warning and decision-support systems can help them to better prepare for these increasingly risky phenomena.