The departments of Lozère, Ardèche and Gard will enter orange rain-flood vigilance from 10 p.m. Monday, Météo-France announced in its 6 a.m. bulletin.
« During the night from Monday to Tuesday, an active rain-storm episode will affect the Cévennes regions. The precipitation will be intense and could lead to accumulations of around a hundred millimeters in three to six hours. Over the episode (approximately twelve hours), it is expected from 150 to occasionally 200 millimeters » of rain, details the meteorological agency.
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The end of the alert in these three southern departments is scheduled for Tuesday around 10 a.m., according to the public establishment.
Météo-France mentions a deterioration “ quite large and unusual for the month of October » over the country, from New Aquitaine to Centre-Val de Loire to the north-eastern quarter. This type of episode, however, is not unusual in the Cévennes regions, underlines the forecaster.
Furthermore, from Wednesday October 9, Hurricane Kirk, currently in the middle of the Atlantic, is expected to hit France.