If this Monday, October 21, the sun’s rays once again level the roofs of our departments, the latter should not continue to shine for long. The time will be short for the victims to heal their wounds. On Friday, the sky should drop rain again.
“With the same mechanism that we observed last week,” indicates the MétéoNews forecaster. It is a depression which comes down from the British Isles, crosses the Pyrenees and which will bring in soft and humid air. The rains will be blocked in the Cévennes and will then rise towards the same sectors, the Rhône, the Loire and the Haute-Loire. »
To be monitored very closely
Will these rains be as violent and continuous as last week? The forecaster cannot comment for the time being: “This is an episode which promises to be less lasting, which will last, a priori, until Saturday morning, with quantities of rain which could be abundant and intense. The signal is notable and should be monitored very closely. »
To the point of fearing a Cévennes episode of this intensity again? “It is unlikely that equivalent amounts of rain will fall, but the rivers have only just regained their beds and the soils have not yet digested the fallen water. The impact can be quite significant. We will have to wait until Wednesday to find out more, but the situation could still change. It may just be an ordinary episode of rain or it may be more serious. »
Since Friday morning, the red flood vigilance has been lifted in the Rhône, the Loire, and the Haute-Loire, which once again appear in green on Météo France’s meteorological and flood vigilance map.
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