Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud will be placed on orange rain-flood alert on Saturday evening January 18, Météo-France announced in the morning, due to the Gabri depression which will fall on the southern and eastern facades of the island of Beauty.
“The rain-storm degradation will affect the south of the island late Saturday afternoon before extending to a large eastern half of the island during the night from Saturday to Sunday and Sunday“, specified the meteorological organization in its bulletin published at 6:00 a.m.
Southern Corsica will be placed on orange rain-flood alert on Saturday at 8:00 p.m., and Haute-Corse at 10:00 p.m. Météo-France indicates that precipitation will begin “to strengthen oneself” and will be “sometimes stormy on the coast” from Corsica-du-Sud at the end of the afternoon.
-Heavy rain accumulations
These rains will spreadduring the night from Saturday to Sunday“in Haute-Corse then will strengthen”continuously quite strong over the east of the entire island during the day on Sunday“, continues the forecaster.
On the eastern slopes and the summits of the central relief, the expected cumulative rainfall should reach between 150 and 220 mm by Sunday evening, in the form of snow above 1,500 meters above sea level, according to Météo-France. The expected accumulations on the coast would rather be 40 to 60 mm, locally 80 mm, adds the institute. The rains should move away at the end of the day on Sunday, he concludes.
