Four southern departments placed in orange vigilance “rain-flood” and “thunderstorms” – franceinfo

Météo France has placed Ardèche, Drôme, Gard and Hérault on orange “rain-flood” vigilance on Saturday 25 September. Gard and Hérault are also affected by an orange thunderstorm alert. a “episode rain and thunderstorms requiring special monitoring because of its intensity “ will affect an area ranging from Languedoc to the Rhone Valley, overnight from Saturday to Sunday, forecasters specify.

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– VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) September 25, 2021

“It is especially during the second part of the night that the most violent thunderstorms will be observed, alerts the organization. The intensity of precipitation should be monitored more particularly, in fact accumulations of 70 to 100 mm are possible in less than 3 hours in the departments in orange vigilance. “