The departments of Calvados, Orne, Eure, Seine-Maritime and Eure-et-Loir have been placed on orange “rain flood” alert, due to a “rainstorm-stormy” episode. not presenting an exceptional character but requiring particular monitoring due to the expected precipitation accumulations in a context of soils that are already sometimes saturated.”
Météo-France had already placed 14 departments on orange “storm” alert. In addition to the eight departments of Ile-de-France, Oise, Somme, Aisne, Marne, Aube and Yonne are affected by this vigilance.
“The storms are expected to be virulent”
“A stormy wave, organized and intense, will sweep the regions from northern Burgundy to Hauts-de-France between the end of the afternoon and the second part of the night from Wednesday to Thursday. In the departments placed on orange alert, storms are expected to be virulent with high intensities of precipitation, hail and squalls. Electrical activity will also be marked,” the meteorological agency said in its latest bulletin published at 4 p.m.
