red vigilance maintained in Indre-et-Loire, six departments of the South-West and North-East in orange

Floods are gaining ground towards the east. Côte-d’Or and Saône-et-Loire were placed on orange “flood” alert, Monday April 1, at 6 a.m., due to “heavy rain” in the Morvan, Sunday, which caused the Brenne and the Arroux to overflow, according to the morning bulletin from Vigicrues. These two departments thus join Charente, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne and Gironde, still in orange, affected by floods “important” on the Dronne (downstream sector), the Isle (downstream sector) and the Charente (upstream sector).

Indre-et-Loire remains on red alert in the face of a flood “exceptional” which touches the Vienne River in the north of the department. “The peak of the flood is expected in Chinon early in the morning”, according to Vigicrues. Vienna, which was on maximum alert on Sunday, was downgraded to yellow.

In the South-East, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Alpes-Maritimes are kept on orange “avalanche” alert until 10 a.m. “The probability of spontaneous avalanches will gradually decrease with the end of the precipitation this Monday morning”, reports Météo-France in its 6 a.m. bulletin. Nevertheless, “the risk level will remain high for the whole day (4 out of 5) in the Mercantour and Haut-Var Haut-Verdon massifs”warns the organization.