Floods, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, August 2022
95 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
272 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
35 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not
birds: by their population in the flood's season
- Dates per the orders
- 18 to 19 August 2022
- Départements
- Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 34.9 mm
- in one day (Corse-du-Sud, 18 August 2022), PILA-CANALE station · per Météo-France
- 13 August 2022: 0.2 mm
- 14 August 2022: 0 mm
- 15 August 2022: 0 mm
- 16 August 2022: 0 mm
- 17 August 2022: 0 mm
- 18 August 2022: 34.9 mm
- 19 August 2022: 4.6 mm
- 20 August 2022: 0 mm
- 21 August 2022: 0.2 mm
34.9 mm from 16 to 18 Aug, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 6 m³/s
- Le Fango à Galéria, on 18 August 2022 · provisional Hub'Eau value, it can be revised
- Extent
- communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
Protected species recorded in the declared communes
Observations recorded in the ten years before the flood, some known only to within a few kilometres, up to 10 km, when their published position is blurred or given by grid square. They tell which species were reported there, not what became of each animal.
5,094 species recorded in the declared communes
272 protected animal species among them and 70 protected plants
35 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
214 Birds
26 Mammals, bats included
12 Reptiles
9 Amphibians
7 Fish, molluscs and crayfish
4 Insects
For birds, the category is the one of their population at the flood's season (breeding, wintering or passage birds): a bird with no dated record in the declared communes in that season in the GBIF data has none, and the breeding category needs at least two dated records in June or July. In the migration season (March, August to October), a bird that neither the passage list nor the wintering list assesses takes its breeding category only if it was recorded at least twice in the declared communes in June or July. The list used is named under each species.
The most notable protected animal species
Species with at least three observations (for a bird, three in the months that give it its category, and no bird without a record at the flood's season), the most threatened first, then the most recorded. An observation is a published record: it can count one or several animals, and the same animal can be noted several times. When their published position is imprecise, blurred or given by grid square, they are said to be "in the communes or nearby".
Fish, molluscs and crayfish
Birds
The observations cover every season: a migrant bird recorded there may have been away on the day of the flood.
Endangered, breeding birdsAudouin's Gull
Endangered, breeding birdsEurasian Tree Sparrow
Endangered, breeding birdsDartford Warbler
Endangered, breeding birdsBearded Vulture
Endangered, breeding birdsGreater Short-toed Lark
Vulnerable, wintering birdsRed Kite
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Serin
Vulnerable, breeding birdsGolden Eagle
Vulnerable, breeding birdsZitting Cisticola
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, public domain). Credit for each photo
In the water's path
Establishments registered today in the communes declared for this flood, taken whole, at their declared address or at the point Géorisques gives. They were not necessarily there on the day of the flood, and the dataset does not say whether they were flooded. An ICPE-classified farm can also be in the SIRENE register: these counts do not add up.
No ICPE-classified livestock farm located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE460 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee50 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee39 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations10 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 460 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 288 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 22 horse farms, 12 poultry farms and 138 farms of other animals.
A wildlife association is an association whose declared purpose in the national register of associations is the preservation of wildlife: the register does not say whether it runs an authorised care centre.
Protected areas in the declared communes
The sites the communes declared for this flood extend over, taken whole, dry sectors included. Natura 2000 and regulatory protection first, then the ZNIEFF, each by its area in these communes. These are not flooded areas: they are not given.
- Rivière et vallée du FangoNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Golfe de Porto et presqu'île de ScandolaNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Porto/Scandola/Revellata/Calvi/Calanches de Piana (zone terrestre et marine)Natura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Forêts Territoriales de CorseNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- AgriatesNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Vallée du ReginoNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Massif montagneux du CintoNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Haute vallée du Fium GrossuNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Capo di fenoNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Haute vallée du FangoNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Caporalino Monte Sant Angelo di Lano-Pianu MaggioreFor its birds: Cirque de BonifatuNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
- ScandolaRegional nature reserve
A marsh can be designated twice under Natura 2000, for its habitats and for its birds: when both sites carry the same name, or have the same extent and almost the same area here, they share one row. Natura 2000 areas overlap and do not add up.
The declared communes
95 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.
Haute-CorseSee the 61 communes
Algajola, Aregno, Avapessa, Bastia, Brando, Cagnano, Calenzana, Calvi, Cambia, Canavaggia, Carpineto, Castello-di-Rostino, Cateri, Cervione, Corbara, Costa, Feliceto, Ficaja, Focicchia, Galéria, L'Île-Rousse, La Porta, Lavatoggio, Lucciana, Lumio, Luri, Manso, Moncale, Monte, Montegrosso, Monticello, Murato, Muro, Nessa, Oletta, Olmeta-di-Tuda, Omessa, Pero-Casevecchie, Piano, Pietraserena, Piève, Pigna, Poggio-d'Oletta, Porri, Saint-Florent, San-Damiano, San-Giovanni-di-Moriani, San-Nicolao, Santa-Maria-di-Lota, Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna, Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda, Speloncato, Stazzona, Talasani, Valle-di-Campoloro, Valle-di-Rostino, Vallecalle, Vescovato, Ville-di-Pietrabugno, Volpajola, Zalana
Corse-du-SudSee the 34 communes
Afa, Ajaccio, Alata, Albitreccia, Arbori, Azzana, Balogna, Bastelicaccia, Calcatoggio, Cannelle, Cargèse, Casaglione, Cauro, Coggia, Cognocoli-Monticchi, Coti-Chiavari, Cuttoli-Corticchiato, Évisa, Grosseto-Prugna, Guagno, Marignana, Osani, Ota, Partinello, Peri, Piana, Pietrosella, Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino, Sari-d'Orcino, Sarrola-Carcopino, Serriera, Tolla, Vico, Villanova
This flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20220818-20220819-2B.
The full dataset is released on 13 October at 6:00 (Paris time). Until then, we send it on request: presse@animalert.app.
Ask for the datasetpublic on 13 October at 6:00Recognised and listed
Public on data.gouv.fr on 13 October at 6:00
A project labelled by the French StateNational Resilience Day 2026 (Journée nationale de la résilience)
Registered with GBIFDerived dataset, DOI 10.15468/dd.ta4vkx