the essential Météo France has placed 14 departments on alert due to strong thunderstorms. The Hérault and the Gard have also been placed on orange alert due to heavy rains and the risk of flooding. New bad weather will hit France this week. This is partly the consequence of storm Danielle, which is raging in the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Azores. This Monday, September 5, at the start of the day, Météo France placed twelve departments on orange alert for the risk of thunderstorms: Aisne, Cher, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Loiret, Oise, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d’Oise, Yvelines. At 4 p.m., Météo France finally placed two other departments in orange vigilance due not only to the risk of thunderstorms but also heavy rains and floods.Intense rains at the rendezvous Forecasters have alerted in recent weeks to the risks of Cevennes and Mediterranean episodes on the coast coming this fall. According to meteorologists, the dryness of this summer and the rising e temperatures, particularly high in the Mediterranean Sea, would have an impact on the intensity of the expected meteorological phenomena. Already in August, the Hérault department had suffered very heavy rains and the first episodes of flooding. To read also: Weather: prolonged heat waves, temperature records… summer 2022 could well become “the norm” by 2050 In addition, new precipitation could impact France, in particular by the Atlantic coast, in weekend. In question: Hurricane Danielle which is advancing on the North Atlantic and which could bring unstable and windy weather to part of France from this weekend of September 10 and 11.