11 departments remained on orange alert rain-flood and storm this Wednesday, September 7.
The rainy-stormy episode persists in the south and center of the country. According to the latest Météo-France bulletin, 11 departments remained on orange alert rain-flood and storm this Wednesday. Are concerned: Ain, Rhône, Loire, Isère, Drôme, Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Vaucluse, Gard, Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône.
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The Gard had been placed on a rain-flood red alert for a few hours overnight. Nîmes, in particular, was hit by very heavy rains, which caused flooding.
According to Météo-France, “the amounts of precipitation were very high in the regions of Nîmes (more than 100 mm in one hour) and Montpellier (more than 70 mm in one hour).
The main thunderstorm activity in the south-east should gradually move to sea while other strong thunderstorms will affect the central-eastern departments.
