In just a few minutes, the heavy rains that fell around 9 a.m. this Sunday morning saturated the sewers.
A mini-torrent of mud on the Place de la Comédie. The picture is amazing. This Sunday morning, in just a few minutes, the heavy rains that accompanied the violent storm that arrived over Montpellier around 9 a.m. saturated the sewers.
As a result, they overflowed all over the city. While the banks of the Lez were already beginning to disappear under the water, on the Comédie, a veritable mini-torrent of mud poured into the square.
The city, like the department, also went into storm vigilance this Sunday, August 14 at 6 a.m. Up to 100 mm of rain are announced, even if at 10 am, the rain had calmed down.
This Sunday morning, the mayor of Montpellier Michaël Delafosse calls on social networks for a “extreme caution” whereas “the Lez is regarding to get out of bed”. It also encourages vigilance vis-à-vis lightning, while two trees were struck down.
Extreme caution in the face of the stormy episode that is falling on #Montpellier, the Lez is regarding to get out of bed. Vigilance in the face of lightning, two trees struck down in Montcalm Park.
— Michaël Delafosse (@MDelafosse) August 14, 2022
Weather forecast Languedoc announcement “new storm cells during the followingnoon”.
