Storms: these eight southern departments placed on orange vigilance – CNEWS

This Tuesday, August 16, Météo France has placed eight southern departments on orange alert due to the storms to come throughout the territory. The heat wave will gradually give way to thunderstorms. Eight departments in the south of France have been placed on orange alert. Indeed, the weather on Tuesday will be stormy over most of the country, accompanied by a drop in mercury and accumulations of rain in significant places. 8 dpts in #vigilanceOrangeStay informed on https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 pic.twitter.com/XyfppehZJH — VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) August 16, 2022 The departments concerned are Tarn, Aveyron, Aude, Hérault, Gard, Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse and Gard. Gard and Hérault are also placed on orange rain-flood alert. The Gard prefecture has even announced the evacuation of campsites and open-air accommodation in the department, as a preventive measure.
[#vigilanceOrange ] For campsites and other open-air accommodation throughout Gard, the prefect of Gard, in conjunction with the mayors, to evacuate the occupants as a preventive measure to the planned reception and regrouping centers pic.twitter. com/cCEp470om1 — Prefect of Gard (@Prefet30) August 16, 2022 According to Météo-France, storms will give gusts of wind of around 70 to 90km/h. A “severely stormy summer situation requiring particular vigilance insofar as there is a strong risk of a violent phenomenon”. In addition to very heavy precipitation, hail is expected locally, as well as “marked electrical activity”.