Gironde, last department in orange vigilance

The Gironde department remains placed on orange vigilance “floods” while 25 departments are now on yellow alert, after torrential rains which fell on the center-east and south-east of France, according to Météo France. The weather forecasting organization notes a “significant flood during high tides on the Garonne Dordogne confluence” in the “Bordeaux sector”in its 10:00 a.m. bulletin.

Friday morning, red vigilance “floods” had been lifted in the last four departments concerned (Rhône, Loire, Haute-Loire and Lozère) and 18 departments in the southern half remained affected by orange vigilance “floods” or “rain-flood”. In the Center-East, emergency services carried out 2,300 interventions during the bad weather considered to be the most violent episode in the Cévennes “for 40 years”according to Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

The rains, which reached 600 to 700 millimeters in certain areas of Ardèche, caused three minor injuries in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. In Paris, a tree fell on a family, whose father did not survive, without the link with bad weather being formally established. After the very unsettled weather this week, atmospheric pressure should start to rise in the south of France this weekend. An improvement is expected and should slowly continue for the All Saints’ Day holidays, according to La Chaîne Météo*.

*La Chaîne Météo is a property of the Figaro group.