the remains of Hurricane Kirk promise a Dantesque day

WEATHER – Hurricane Kirk, which threatened at the start of the week in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, has since been downgraded to category 1 (out of 5), with winds ranging from 119 to 153 km/h and causing minor damage to means. The result is now a very rainy episode forecast for Wednesday, October 9, associated with a “very strong gust of wind”announces Météo-France.

There are 25 departments between the west and the Ardennes, including 20 for rain-flooding, which will be placed on orange alert that day. Two departments have been placed on orange vigilance for « vent » in the Pyrenees and three others are still on orange alert for floods (Haute-Saône, -et-Loire and Vosges).

A month of rain in one day is expected on Wednesday from Pays de la Loire to the Ardennes via the Paris region. In the western departments such as Vendée and Loire-Atlantique, up to « 90 mm » Rain may fall locally: “an increase in the level of vigilance” is not excluded, warns Météo-France.

The rains will gradually ease but « 40 à 60 mm » are still expected in the Paris basin and Champagne-Ardennes and “30 to 50” near the Belgian border.

The five departments – Jura, Ain, Isère, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-Maritimes – still on orange vigilance on Tuesday morning switched to yellow vigilance in the afternoon. The Alpes-Maritimes, however, remain “to watch”.

Two departments have been placed on orange vigilance for « vent » : the Pyrénées-Atlantique and the Hautes-Pyrénées, where gusts could reach “120 to 150 km/h on the summits and 100 to 110 km/h in the valleys and plains”.

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