Eleven departments, from Gard to Jura, are placed on orange rain-flood vigilance by Météo France this Tuesday. In the Alpes-Maritimes, the prefect ordered the closure of schools for the day.
Météo France has placed 11 departments on orange rain-flood vigilance, with heavy rain forecast for Tuesday. The departments concerned are Loire, Rhône, Ain, Isère, Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Lozère, Ardèche and Gard.
In the Alpes-Maritimes, the prefect ordered the closure of nurseries, schools, middle schools and high schools in the department for the entire day. This is the first time that it has taken this measure since the passage of depression Aline on October 20, 2023, for which the department was placed on red alert. The precipitation forecast in the Alpes-Maritimes is not exceptional (60 to 80 mm) but there is a risk of locally much greater accumulations.
Heavy rainfall accumulations expected locally
“During the night from Monday to Tuesday, an active rainstorm 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. the episode (around twelve hours), 150 to occasionally 200 millimeters of rain are forecast, details the meteorological agency. “The extension of precipitation towards the Saône valley could result in the departments of Rhône-Alpes on orange alert 60 to 80 millimeters, locally more, in twenty-four hours,” she adds.
Finally, “in the departments of Burgundy Franche-Comté on orange alert, accumulations of around 50 millimeters or even 70 millimeters are expected in twelve hours”.
The end of the alert in these departments is scheduled for Tuesday around 3:00 p.m., according to the public establishment.
