Thirty departments have been placed on orange alert for wind, rain and floods since 6 a.m. Wednesday, indicates Météo France. This is due to the passage of Kirk depression.
In detail, four departments are on orange alert for wind (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Loire and Rhône), 22 for rain and floods (Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Indre-et-Loire, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Yvelines, Val-d’Oise, Paris, Essonne, Seine-et-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint- Denis, Oise, Aisne, Ardennes, Marne and Aube) and five at floods (Vendée, Seine-et-Marne, Vosges, Haute-Saône and Saône-et-Loire).
In its 6 a.m. bulletin, Météo France indicates that a “very significant rainy episode requires increased monitoring and could cause significant flooding”. “Continuous and sustained rains will affect the regions extending from Vendée and Pays de Loire to the Paris region, the south of Picardy and Champagne-Ardenne. The accumulations over the whole day will be very significant, they could reach 50 to 70 mm in the Paris Basin and Champagne-Ardenne and 60 to 80 mm, or even locally 90 mm heading towards the Pays de Loire and Vendée. , details Météo France.
The meteorological organization indicates that these are quantities “which usually fall within a month”. “This precipitation will occur in a context of already very wet soils and could therefore cause flooding. » The forecasts for cumulative rain have also been “revised upwards in Île-de-France”.
Winds up to 150 km/h
As for the wind, it will “strengthen quickly and blow very strongly in the west of the Pyrenees”, where “the gusts could reach 120 to 150 km/h on the summits and 100 to 110 km/h in valleys and plains. “With the passage of depression Kirk, the wind will shift suddenly to the west at the end of the day with gusts still close to 100 km/h. On the Loire and the Rhône, we expect 100 to 110 km/h temporarily in the Gier valley and in the south and east of Lyon,” specifies Météo France.
For Thursday, Météo France is currently placing 17 departments on orange alert for rain-flooding and high water. This is currently scheduled to end at 3 a.m. Thursday.
