Cévennes episode: 7 departments of the South-East on orange alert – LCI

The heavy weather spent in the West, it is now the South-East which is bearing the brunt of the turbulent weather which shakes France this weekend. The Cévennes rains have already given very locally 150 to 200 mm of rain between Valleraugue and Villefort. More generally, it fell 80 to 100 mm on the Cévennes, indicates Météo-France which placed 7 departments in orange, this Sunday noon.

In question: a Cevennes episode, with heavy rainfall, just like, from this evening, towards the south of Paca, strong thunderstorms. A situation that could last until Monday.

In orange for: Gard, Lozere, Ardeche, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône.

In orange for: Loire, Rhône.

The Cevennes rains will then take on a stormy character. “On this episode, the expected accumulations are of the order of 200 to 250 mm in general, locally up to 350mm “, warns the institute. In the plain areas, the expected accumulations are of the order of 30 to 50 mm with possible peaks of 80 or even 100 mm.

The rains will finally subside this Sunday evening or overnight, the rain-storm system shifting to the east. It will then be necessary to be attentive to the accumulations on Drôme, Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône and Var which could be affected by heavy precipitation of a stormy nature.

These last two departments are placed in orange vigilance because we sometimes expect values ​​of the order of 80 to 100 mm in less than 3 hours in the evening and overnight.