Weather: heavy rain, 7 departments of Occitanie on Orange alert, SNCF traffic suspended… What is planned for this Thursday

It’s raining and it’s going to rain a lot this Thursday, all day. In addition to the Cévennes episode which affected the Cévennes and the Côte d’Azur on Wednesday, there was the arrival of other rains from Spain in the South-West of France. These heavy precipitations will water the regions going from the Pyrenees to the Massif Central and the Paca region. This is why Météo France places thirteen departments on orange rain-flood alert for the whole day:

• Occitania : Lot, Tarn, Aveyron, Lozère, Gard, Aude, Hérault
• New Aquitaine : Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Corrèze
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : Ardèche, Loire, Haute-Loire
• Paca : Alpes-Maritimes

Where and when will it rain?

Continuous and sustained rain is forecast for the day over the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. They could give accumulations of 70 to 100 mm, particularly on the Basque mountains.

In the Gardthe Lozere and in Ardechesometimes intense rain will continue to fall all day, this Thursday until the end of the day. The heaviest rains will affect the Ardèche mountains and the east of the Lozère Cévennes at the end of the evening with 70 to 100 mm of precipitation.

For the Lotthe Corrèzethe Tarn et Aveyronrains and storms will set in this Thursday afternoon and last until Friday morning. Under storms, 50 to 90 mm of rain could fall with possible peaks of 100 mm in Lot and western Aveyron.

In the Alpes-Maritimesa new rainy and stormy episode will set in at midday. Intense rains could give 70 to 80 mm in a short time, or even 100 mm on the relief. On Wednesday, the municipalities of Mandelieu-la-Napoulse, Grasse and Cannes suffered the most from bad weather, according to Nice-Morning.

Which waterways are on alert?

Several rivers in the Cévennes have been placed on orange alert by Vigicrues since Thursday evening: Ardèche upstream, Ardèche downstream, Baume-Chassezac, Cèze upstream, Gardons d’Alès, Gardon d’Anduze. Further west, the Haut Tarn is on orange alert. On Wednesday in Gard, around fifteen bridges and submersible crossings were closed to traffic.

How much water has already fallen?

At 9 p.m. Thursday evening, over the past 24 hours, 250 mm of average water had been recorded in the mountains in the Cévennes with 315 mm in Villefort (Lozère), 275 mm in Mayres (Ardèche) and 215 mm in Cassagnas (Lozère). ), or the equivalent of a month of precipitation.

Is the operation of schools affected?

In the Alpes-Maritimesall schools will remain closed for the day, this Thursday, October 17.

In the Gardschool transport is suspended for the day in 275 municipalities in the department in the zones: Aigoual, Viganais, Piedmont, Uzège, Gard rhodanien, Cèze Cévennes Nord, Alésien sector, Gardonnenque and Cévennes Sud.

In Lozereeducational establishments, schools and colleges, will be closed and school transport suspended in part of the department for the municipalities of: Prévéchés, Pied-de-Borne, Altier, Villefort, Saint-André-de-Capcèze, Ventalon-en- Cévennes, Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue, Saint-Michel-de-Dèze, Le Collet-de-Dèze, Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle, Gabriac, Sainte-Croix-Vallée Française, Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, Moissac-Vallée Française and Saint-Etienne Vallée Française.

Are any roads cut?

To find out the state of departmental roads in departments placed on orange alert, consult the road information sites for each department. Click on the department of your choice: Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Aveyron, Corrèze, Gard, Lot, Lozère, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Tarn.

Why is SNCF traffic suspended?

It’s the unpleasant surprise of the morning for SNCF customers. As a precautionary measure, faced with the risk of locally violent winds, the SNCF has decided to interrupt all of its trains, all day this Thursday, on the Toulouse-Rodez, Toulouse-Mazamet, Rodez-Brive, Montauban-Cahors lines. -Brive and Toulouse-Capdenac-Figeac-Aurillac. No substitute bus replaces trains.

The SNCF explains that train circulation will only be able to resume once track recognition has been carried out. Travelers who had booked a train with compulsory reservation will be able to have their ticket refunded.