A stormy return. Fourteen departments were placed on orange alert by Météo France on Monday, mainly in the north of the country. Twelve departments of Ile-de-France and neighboring regions are placed in orange vigilance on Monday due to “risk of locally violent gusts” while Hérault and Gard will be on alert overnight for possible stationary thunderstorms, announced Météo-France. “In the middle of the afternoon, a stormy line is expected, which will form towards the Center-Val-de-Loire, to rise quickly and circulate towards Ile-de-France then the Hauts -de-France”, says the report of Météo-France on the occasion of this “stormy episode of end of summer”. These storms “will give marked temporary precipitation between 10 and 20 mm, even 40 mm in places, of hail and marked electrical activity”. But it is “especially the risk of locally violent gusts which requires particular vigilance”, underlines the establishment, adding that “the most marked gusts are planned to give from 80 to 110 km / h at peak”. On the other hand, in the neighboring departments placed in yellow vigilance, “temporarily virulent storm cells cannot be excluded”. “It is above all the risk of locally violent gusts which requires particular vigilance”, affirms Météo-France. “The gusts, the most marked are expected to give 80 to 110 km / h peak.” These volumes of extreme precipitation, can, especially if they are very localized, lead to flash floods. The main rivers of the two departments are placed on yellow vigilance given a “risk of a rapid rise in thunderstorms”, but “no overflow is expected”, according to Vigicrues. The 8 departments of the Ile- de-France as well as Aisne, Oise, Cher and Loiret are affected by this vigilance. In the South, Hérault and Gard will be on orange alert from 3 a.m. in the night from Monday to Tuesday. “The continuation of this episode is possible the following night from Tuesday to Wednesday, or even for the day of Wednesday as well”, concludes Météo-France.