Nine departments in the center-east of the country are placed on orange alert for “strong winds” from Monday, November 25, by Météo-France. The departments concerned which will be affected from midnight to 4 p.m. are Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Loire, Haute-Loire, Rhône, Isère, Ain and Swore.
“In connection with the Bert depression, the south-southeast wind has strengthened in the departments placed on orange alert”explains the meteorological service.
According to Météo-France, “during the night from Sunday to Monday, the wind accelerated and reached 100-110 km/h, particularly in Lyonnais, the Givors sector, up to the northern plains of Auvergne and Saône-et-Loire , with values for the Gier valley and the Haute-Loire valleys reaching or exceeding 120 km/h at peak”. In addition, on Monday, 57 departments will be placed on yellow alert for this windy episode, compared to 63 on Sunday.
On Saturday, Météo-France placed the Pyrénées-Atlantiques on orange alert on Sunday morning, before the situation returned to orange in the evening. “These winds weaken Monday during the morning over the Pyrenees, Monday at the start of the afternoon over the Massif Central, and rather in the middle of the afternoon on the Lyonnais/Gier valley side, as well as towards the Saône-et- Loire”, specifies Météo-France in its latest bulletin.
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