Mayor in France signs directive "ordering" it to stop raining

Faced with torrential rain, Mayor Daniel Marriere of Coulonces (in the Normandy region, northwestern France) signed a directive asking for “the rain to stop” and called on parish priests to join the effort.

The decision by Mayor Marriere comes as parts of France are experiencing unusually wet weather. Meteo France said last week that June saw 20% more rain than the average from 1991 to 2020. In some areas, rainfall was even double the normal.

"I've never seen this kind of weather in July," said Daniel Marriere. "Yesterday morning it was pouring rain, the sky was grey and you could barely see what you were doing. You even had to turn on the lights in the house."

A French mayor signs a directive demanding that it stop raining for three months (Photo: AFP)

Fed up with the heavy summer rains, the head of the village of 227 people decided to take matters into his own hands by signing a weather-related directive.

"By this directive, I order that the rains stop in August, September and all of October, and that they be replaced by bright sunshine and light winds," Mayor Marriere wrote.

He asked parish priests in northern France to contribute to the effort to combat the rain by "contacting heaven and taking responsibility for implementing this directive".

Mr. Marriere said that not long after the above directive was issued, many residents of Coulonces commune came to thank him.

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