Strong storms accompanied by heavy rain fell early Saturday, November 9, in the Gulf of Lion, where Hérault is placed on orange “floods” and “thunderstorms” alert by Météo-France. Neighboring Aude has for its part been downgraded to yellow vigilance, according to the latest meteorologists' bulletin published on Saturday shortly after midnight.
“The episode is in progress” with heavy showers confined to the coast and offshore, notes the press release, which also forecasts precipitation in the plains.
The storms must last “part of the night from Friday to Saturday” and accompany “heavy rain with hourly intensities reaching 50 mm/h”underlines Météo-France again in its latest bulletin, specifying that the cumulative rainfall for this stormy episode could reach 80 to 100 mm and locally 120 mm.
Saturday, in the north-east of Corsica, “significant accumulations” will be possible and likely to worsen the level of vigilance. The north of Corsica is already on yellow alert for “floods” and “storms”.
Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Gard, and Pyrénées-Orientales, Corse-du-Sud as well as Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques are also placed on yellow alert for Saturday due to thunderstorms , but of lower intensity.
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