The Gard and the Hérault were placed at 4 p.m. on red vigilance for thunderstorms, indicates Météo France. These two departments are also on red alert for the risk of flooding. 25 other departments in the eastern half of France are on orange alert for thunderstorms: Ardennes, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Bas-Rhin , Haut-Rhin, Vosges, Allier, Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire, Côte-d’Or, Yonne, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura, Territoire de Belfort, Loire, Rhône and Ain. Thunderstorms. Gard and Hérault on red alert, 25 departments on orange alert © Visactu 150 mm of rain locally in Hérault and Gard In Hérault and Gard, Météo France has already recorded more than 150 mm locally. Currently the episode concerns the Montpellier region. “In the hours to come, an additional 100 mm may still fall” warns the organization, “which could bring the total rainfall to maximum values between 200 mm and 250 mm”. The end of the episode is expected around 10 p.m. Gusts of 100 km/h From the Massif Central to the north of Rhône-Alpes, in Burgundy and Franche-Comté and in the departments up to the German borders, Météo France predicts thunderstorms “fairly brief but sometimes violent with sustained gusts of wind ( close to 100 km / h), hail and very strong precipitation intensity locally giving quite significant accumulations”. to read also Storms: major disruptions on the Transilien and an evacuated train between Paris and Normandy