Cevennes episode: the Var maintained in orange vigilance by Météo-France – lci

After a week of very good weather, the rain is back, and sometimes heavily, for example in the south. Météo-France maintains this Saturday evening the department of Var (83) in orange rain-flood vigilance.

However, the alert is lifted for Ardèche (07), the Gard (30) and the Lozere (48). Up to 340 mm of rain were recorded in the Gard at Vialas, 335 mm at Villefort, 255 mm at Mont Aigoual. In these departments, the precipitation continues adding another 5 to 10 mm, temporarily 15 mm, in one hour on the Cévennes relief, the piedmont. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the weak rains will resume on a large part of the plains, and be accompanied by thunderstorms sometimes very rainy, notes Météo France in its latest forecast bulletin. “Note that new precipitation is expected overnight from Sunday to Monday but it will be less than that of Friday and Saturday”.

For the Var,“The rains continue for the next few hours and remain moderate to locally strong in the extreme south of the department. Until night from Saturday to Sunday, thunderstorms can affect this part of the coast. Possible accumulations of up to 80 mm in 3 hours under strongest thunderstorms. Between Saturday 9 am and Sunday 9 am, we expect up to 120 mm, even locally 150 mm “, indicates Météo France.

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