VIDEO – “A pessimistic scenario in terms of rain, let’s remain vigilant on the Gard waterways”, according to Vigicrues

The Gardons of Alès and Anduze, the Cèze upstream and the Ardèche downstream, are still on orange alert this Thursday morning. “The others are yellow, but a watercourse on yellow alert is already a dangerous watercourse if you approach it,” insists on France Bleu Gard Lozère (live at 6:30 a.m.) Fabrice Mannessiez, forecaster in Vigicrues. “We had a more intense resumption of rain last night; the rivers in Gard were relatively spared; they are in a moderate reaction, he explains again. Of the same type as that which we were able to observe yesterday ( Wednesday) during the day, on the Cèze and the Gardons We had placed them on orange alert, because the rain forecast is significant, including again for the day to come The one who reacted the most regarding the Gard: for. its downstream part is the Ardèche, which has really taken on a lot of water. For the Cèze and the Gardons it remains moderate, but the rain forecast is still quite heavy for the day. And in any case, in these areas. rain ranges there, there are still dangerous floods, particularly at ford crossings, potentially submersible roads, with very localized overflows; It remains very dangerous to approach these waterways.”

Rivers can still react very quickly. “For the moment, the forecasts are: remaining storm line still on our territory for the day; the scenario is quite pessimistic in terms of rain. So, we remain on a fairly high level of vigilance on the rivers of Gard.”

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“The rivers flow into the Rhône, the floods arrive a little later, during the evening. The Rhône has also been placed on yellow alert, for rising water levels with the Cévennes tributaries. So all the sector between Pont-Saint-Esprit and Beaucaire will see a flood of the Rhône pass during the day.