Météo France services have placed Corsica on yellow “rain-flood” alert from this Saturday in the middle of the day. Corsica-du-Sud will also be at the same alert level for the “waves-submersion” parameter.
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Météo France has in fact activated a yellow vigilance “meteorological situation to monitor” for the “rain-flood” parameter across the entire island. It will be effective from 1 p.m.
This Saturday, “the weather is disturbed with frequent locally stormy showers in the eastern part, giving significant accumulations”indicate the forecasters, specifying that the alert will continue until this Sunday at 6 p.m. minimum.
-Before that, a first “wave-submersion” alert will come into effect during the night from Friday to Saturday from 3 a.m.
It only concerns South Corsica where the eastern facade, between Bonifacio and Solenzara, should be swept by strong swells and gusts of wind which could reach 70 km/h according to forecasts. This vigilance should end this Saturday at 2 p.m.
An alert for the “avalanche” parameter is also already in effect on the various massifs of the island where snow has fallen in abundance over the past 48 hours.
The prefecture calls on the population to be extremely vigilant and reiterates the precautionary instructions:
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