This Wednesday morning, the rains from ex-Hurricane Kirk began to fall continuously over the entire northern half of the country, but it was especially in the evening that the situation weather reportweather report will get worse.
A month of rain in a few hours
Precipitation increases significantly in the afternoon and evening, from Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire to the Paris region, southern Picardy, Champagne-Ardenne and the extreme west of Lorraine. “ The accumulations over the whole day will be very significant, of the order of 50 to 70 mm up to 60 to 80 mm, or even locally 90 mm (notably Ardenne and Pays de la Loire). These are quantities that usually fall within a month. This precipitation will not be stormy but will occur in a context of already very wet soils and could therefore cause widespread flooding. », specifies Météo France. The symbolic threshold of 100 millimeters in one day is not impossible in Loire-Atlantique. The Vigicrues organization believes that a “ major flood » is to be expected in Grand Morin (Seine-et-Marne), and Vendée.
A very violent wind at altitude
A strong gust of wind, locally stormstormwill occur between the end of the afternoon (southwest and central-west), the evening (center) and the end of the night (northeast). With gusts between 80 and 110 km/h, this event is “ not exceptional for the saisonsaisonbut occurring in areas weakened by the heavy rains of recent days », Announces Météo France.
Great vigilance on the other hand in the Pyrenees, in this area the gusts are stormy throughout the day: in Iraty this morning, the south wind blew up to 185 km/h at altitude, according to Météo Pyrénées, and gusts at more than 150 km/h could still occur during the day.
