This Thursday, Southern Corsica is placed on orange alert for the “rain-flood” parameter. Haute-Corse is affected by yellow alert.
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Since this Thursday, October 3, 6 a.m., Southern Corsica has been placed on orange “rain-flood” alert by Météo France services.
“The early morning is rainy, forecasters say. This is quite heavy rain, sometimes stormy, of around 50 to 70 mm locally.”
The orange alert is effective until 1 p.m. in Pumonti, also placed in yellow for the “thunderstorms” parameter.
Concerning Haute-Corse, it has also been placed on yellow alert for the same parameters.
“The day begins under a heavy sky, specifies Météo France. At the beginning of the afternoon, the precipitation stops, and large clearings develop.
Across the island, the yellow alert is active until 4 p.m. this afternoon at the earliest.
The prefecture calls on the population to be extremely vigilant and reiterates the precautionary instructions:
- Do not enter, on foot or by car, on a submerged path.
- Respect the diversions put in place.
- Do not take shelter under trees.
- Respect the instructions given by the security services.
- Avoid walks in the forest and outings in the mountains.
- In flood-prone areas, protect furniture from water and monitor rising water levels.
- Do not walk along the banks of rivers located downstream of dams.
- Listen to the radio station France Bleu RCFM and France3 Corse ViaStella.
- It is advisable to find out how the episode progresses:
– Either by calling the weather vigilance service on 05 67 22 95 00
– Either by connecting to the site http://vigilance.meteofrance.com
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