Eowyn settles. Two additional departments, Oise and Seine-Maritime, joined Calvados, Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayenne in Orange raw orange and the situation should last on Saturday 25 January, with more alert for winds Strong, said Météo-France. This situation is linked to the Eowyn storm which has violently touched Ireland and Scotland in recent days.
“A very active disturbance concerned the northwest of the country vendRedi and at night “specifies the information service on floods, vigicrues, on its website. “Significant precipitation mainly affected Brittany, the Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire, Normandy and Hauts-de-France” et “On certain upstream sectors such as the Illert (Ille-et-Vilaine) the raw peak has been reached”indicates Vigicrues.
Arrival of the Herminia depression
A new disturbance, «plus active»is expected on Sunday, with a trend “Coming on Breton and Norman rivers on Saturday and Sunday, as well as some rivers Pays from the Loire and the Hauts-de-France ”. “Stronger floods are expected on the rivers placed in orange alert, namely Mayenne, in Pays de la Loire, Ille-Callet and Meu in Brittany, Epte, Orne Middle and downstream and the dives in Normandy ”turns vigicrues.
On Sunday, the five departments will remain in vigilance raw orange. They will be joined by Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Hautes-Pyrénées which will be vigilant orange wind. “The Herminia depression, currently on the Atlantic, off Ireland, will give conditions again very disturbed for Sunday (wind and rains, snow at altitude)”indicates Météo-France.
-“On the Breton tip, saturated floors constitute an aggravating factor”continues the meteorological institute, with possible gusts of wind “Of the order of 130 km/h on the coasts and neighbors of 100 km/h in the interior” in Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor.
In the Pyrenees, the wind can “Attach at midday of temperate gusts from 110 to 120 km/h in the middle mountain (at the ski resorts) as well as locally in valleys (phenomenon of“ surge ”). These gusts can exceed 150 km/h on certain crests or exposed passes »it is said of the same source.
