Storm Floriane puts the northern half of the country on alert this Monday. Eighteen northern departments have been placed by Météo France on orange alert for violent winds: Maine-et-Loire, Sarthe, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loir , Loiret, Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Val-d'Oise, Aisne, Marne, Ardennes and Meuse.
The Loire and the Rhône also affected
Further south, the Loire and the Rhône are also on orange alert due to strong winds.
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According to Météo France, this stormy episode is “short-lived but accompanied by locally intense gusts of wind” and occurs on soils saturated with water, which makes vegetation more sensitive to wind.
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“The episode will be relatively brief (no more than 2 to 3 hours at a given point) but during this period the wind gusts will generally reach 90 to 100 km/h, occasionally 110 km/h.”
According to the Météo Chaîne, winds exceeding 120 km/h have already been recorded in Seine-Maritime, which has not been placed on orange alert. In Chamonix (Haute-Savoie), a gust of 145 km/ha was also recorded at the top of the Aiguille du Midi, at more than 3800m altitude.
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