Gusts of wind, heavy rain… Thirty departments are now placed on orange alert for risks of “rain-flood”, “wind” and “floods”. In its 6 a.m. bulletin, Wednesday October 9, Météo-France decided to add five departments to the list: Mayenne, Aisne, Oise, Rhône and Loire. Follow our live stream.
23 departments on alert “rain-flood”. Here is the list: Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, Eure-et-Loir, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Maine-et -Loire, Marne, Mayenne, Oise, Sarthe, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres, Vendée, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine- Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Val-d’Oise. Furthermore, itfive departments are in “flood” vigilance: Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Seine-et-Marne, Vendée and Vosges. Finally, the Loire, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the Hautes-Pyrénées and the Rhône are placed on orange alert for wind risks.
Gusts up to 150 km/h. The southerly wind will strengthen quickly and blow very strongly to the west of the Pyrenees on Wednesday. “Gusts could reach 120 to 150 km/h on the summits and 100 to 110 km/h in the valleys and plains, warns Météo-France. With the passage of depression Kirk, the wind will shift suddenly to the west at the end of the day with gusts still close to 100 km/h. On the Loire and the Rhône, we expect 100 to 110 km/h temporarily in the Gier valley and in the south and east of Lyon.”
Global warming, an aggravating factor. “Part of the intensity of these rains is most likely linked to global warming”declared to franceinfo meteorologist François Gourand. Here, the phenomenon does not affect the occurrence of these episodes, but “probably” on part of the accumulations, he specifies. As confirmed by regular studies of the attribution of everyday weather events to global climate change.