Marseille and its Old Port under the influence of rapid flooding after torrential rains

WEATHER – Rebelotte. A month after a similar episode, the Old Port of Marseille and several districts of the Marseille city were flooded by torrential rains, while part of France is still on orange alert. “rain/floods”Tuesday October 8.

As you can see in our video at the top of the articleresidents of the city have shared numerous impressive videos on social networks, notably showing the distress of motorists stuck in bad weather.

According to the newspaper Provence29 schools were closed Tuesday morning and tram and bus lines were disrupted. The Régie des transports métropolitains (RTM) announced “a gradual return to normal”. On exercise caution when traveling.

“Unusual” in October

Tuesday morning, Météo France announced the end of orange vigilance “rain/floods” for Saône-et-Loire, Loire, Rhône, Ardèche, Lozère and Gard, but continued disruptions for Jura, Ain, Isère, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-Maritimes until 2 p.m. The day before, the meteorological service warned that a Cévennes episode was going to hit these departments, a phenomenon which refers to violent storms and intense rain.

The forecaster speaks of a deterioration “fairly large-scale and unusual for the month of October” over the country, from New Aquitaine to Centre-Val de Loire to the north-eastern quarter. This type of episode, however, is not unusual in the Cévennes regions, underlines the forecaster.

In certain departments currently placed on yellow thunderstorm and/or rain-flood vigilance, this level of vigilance could be revised upwards.

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