Ten departments are placed on orange alert for wind, rain, floods or floods on Sunday due to the Herminia depression, announced Météo France, which warns of a “strong gale”. On Monday, seven departments will still be affected.
In detail, Finistère, Côtes-d’Armor, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées and the Rhône are affected by the orange wind alert from around 8:00 a.m. and at least until midnight, indicates the forecaster .
“Gusts of around 130 km/h on the coasts and close to 100 km/h inland are expected”, according to the meteorological agency, which mentions a “frontal passage associated with Herminia”.
“On the Breton tip, saturated soils constitute an aggravating factor,” notes Météo-France, while significant precipitation caused by storm Éowyn has already showered the region.
In the two Pyrenean departments, gusts could reach “110 to 120 km/h in medium mountains as well as locally in valleys”. Peaks of more than 150 km/h are possible on “certain exposed ridges or passes”.
Furthermore, Morbihan is on orange alert this Sunday for rain-flooding.
-Increase in Breton and Normandy rivers
Regarding the risk of flooding, Oise (Hauts-de-France), Seine-Maritime, Calvados (Normandy), Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayenne (Brittany) have been on orange alert since Saturday. Orne has also just been placed on alert.
“We are especially expecting a new, more active disturbance on Sunday, with heavier rain in Brittany. The trend therefore remains upward on Breton and Normandy watercourses on Saturday and Sunday, as well as on certain watercourses in Pays de Loire and Hauts-de-France,” summarized the monitoring body Vigicrues on Saturday. evening.
“Higher floods are expected on the rivers placed on orange alert, namely the Mayenne in Pays de Loire, the Ille-Illet, the Meu, the Vilaine upstream and the Seiche in Brittany, the Epte, the ‘Middle Orne and downstream and the Dives in Normandy,’ he explains.
“Damaging” flood levels could be reached overnight, according to Vigicrues.
