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Heavy rain in the city of Nice on the Côte d’Azur, March 3, 2024. VALERY HACHE / AFP
With heavy rain expected, four departments in the south-east of France will be placed on orange rain-flood alert, Saturday March 9 from 2 p.m., Météo-France announced in its latest bulletin published at 10 a.m. These are the Alpes-Maritimes, Lozère, Ardèche and Var.
These last two departments are also placed on orange flood alert, as are Gard, Gironde and Charente-Maritime.
Furthermore, the departments of Loire and Haute-Loire will be on alert orange wind. The Alpes-Maritimes have also been placed on orange avalanche alert.
“In the afternoon of Saturday, the rains will intensify in the Cévennes initially and in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur secondly. This episode will end Sunday morning »writes the meteorological organization in its vigilance bulletin.
This episode, linked to depression Monica, will be marked by a strong southeast wind and especially by significant amounts of precipitation until the night from Saturday to Sunday. He “follows a series of episodes which have saturated the floors in recent weeks [et] therefore requires particular vigilance”underlines Météo-France.
Météo-France specifies that “the expected accumulations in the Ardèche Cévennes will be between 150 and 250 millimeters. In the east of the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes, accumulations of between 100 and 120 millimeters, locally more, are waiting. In the Alpes-Maritimes for example, these “Forecast accumulations may represent the equivalent of more than a month of precipitation” usual in March.
The orange level is third on a scale of four and calls on the public to be “very vigilant” because of “expected dangerous phenomena”. It is particularly recommended to avoid traveling or approaching watercourses.
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