Four departments of the South-East placed in orange vigilance – archyde

After Ardèche, Gard and Lozère, Meteo France on Saturday, October 30 in the morning, the Var placed orange rain-flood vigilance. Four departments in the south-east of the country are thus affected by this Cévennes and Mediterranean episode. “In the Cévennes: it is the duration of the sustained rains as well as their punctual intensity that this event requires special vigilance”, justifies the organization. On the Var, “The showers coming from the sea become more numerous and intensify in the morning”, Météo-France announced in its 6 a.m. bulletin on Saturday morning. They will become “Strong and stormy during the day on the islands and on the coast”.

“Until the night of Saturday to Sunday, strong thunderstorms can therefore affect the coast with accumulations of around 80 mm in three hours. Between Saturday 9 am and Sunday 9 am 120, or even, locally, 150 mm are expected ”, specifies the meteorological service.

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Gard firefighters did not however have to carry out an intervention related to bad weather during the night. “We are on normal, intense but normal phenomena. (…) We are on what was planned ”, explained a spokesperson for the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS 30). “The phenomenon began to evacuate towards the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region and the Var”, he clarified.

“Our system around Le Vigan is maintained until 12 o’clock”, added the Gard firefighters: “We are vigilant on the force of the wind, which has already knocked down some tiles, but nothing more for the moment. The biggest was expected tonight. We remain on the alert until Sunday », we said from the same source.

For the Cévennes, Météo-France specifies that“100 to 120 mm of rain have fallen frequently since the start of the episode, occasionally 180 to 200 mm on Mount Aigoual and in Viala (Lozère)”. “This precipitation continues, sometimes reaching 20 to 30 mm per hour in the morning. From the middle of the afternoon, the rains weaken, even if a temporarily more sustained activity remains possible ”, informs the meteorological service, depending on who “The cumulative precipitation since the start of the episode and until the middle of the night from Saturday to Sunday will be of the order of 200 to 250 mm on the relief, occasionally 300 to 350 mm”. In addition, new precipitation is expected on Sunday and Monday, but it “Will be less important. “