Europe 1 with AFP
06:46, October 7, 2024
The departments of Lozère, Ardèche and Gard will enter orange rain-flood vigilance from 10 p.m. Monday, Météo-France announced in its 6 a.m. bulletin. Météo-France mentions a deterioration “of a fairly large scale and unusual for a month of October” in the country, from New Aquitaine to Centre-Val de Loire to the north-eastern quarter.
The departments of Lozère, Ardèche and Gard will enter orange rain-flood vigilance from 10 p.m. Monday, Météo-France announced in its 6 a.m. bulletin. “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.
A “fairly large-scale” deterioration
The end of the alert in these three southern departments is scheduled for Tuesday around 10 a.m., according to the public establishment. Météo-France mentions a deterioration “of a fairly large scale and unusual for a month of October” in the country, from New Aquitaine to Centre-Val de Loire to the north-eastern quarter.
This type of episode, however, is not unusual in the Cévennes regions, underlines the forecaster.
