“The event has not yet started,” according to Météo France.
The situation is evolving. After placing 14 departments in orange alert this Wednesday, May 1, Météo France added 5 in the middle of the afternoon. In the Somme, Aisne, Oise, Yonne, Aube, Marne, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-d Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Essonne and Yvelines, are added Calvados (14), Orne (61), Eure (27), Seine-Maritime (76) and ‘Eure-et-Loir (28) on alert for Rain Floods.
“The storms are expected to be virulent”
“A stormy wave, organized and intense, will sweep the regions from northern Burgundy to Hauts-de-France between the end of the afternoon and the second part of the night from Wednesday to Thursday. In the departments placed on vigilance orange, the storms are expected to be virulent with high intensity of precipitation, hail, squalls. Electrical activity will also be marked.indicates Météo-France in its bulletin.
“In Normandy, to the immediate west of the storm wave on orange alert, cumulative precipitation will be significant from time to time. It cannot be ruled out that certain departments will see a worsening of their level of alertness”, warns the meteorological institute. Finally, the forecasting organization warns that these violent storms are “likely to cause significant local damage.”
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