Europe 1 with AFP
10h54, 09 November 2024
Météo-France placed Haute-Corse on Orange rain-flood alert on Saturday afternoon. This orange alert, accompanied by a yellow thunderstorm watch, will be in effect from 3:00 p.m. until Sunday morning.
Haute-Corse will be placed on orange rain-flood alert on Saturday afternoon, Météo-France announces in its latest bulletin. This orange alert, accompanied by a yellow thunderstorm watch, will be in effect from 3 p.m. until Sunday morning.
“Temporarily heavy and stormy” rain
“Temporarily heavy and stormy” rains are expected on the eastern side of Corsica, mainly in Haute-Corse, indicates Météo-France which specifies that “the intensities could approach 30 to 50 mm per hour in places, and the accumulations approach 80 to 120 mm in three to six hours. Over the entire episode, the accumulations “risk occasionally reaching 150 mm, or even a little more”.
Five other departments in the south of France – Bouches-du-Rhône, Corse-du-Sud, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Var – are on yellow thunderstorm alert.
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