the four Breton departments kept on orange alert for risks of “waves-submersion”

The four Breton departments (Finistere, Côtes-d’Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan) are kept on orange vigilance “waves-submersion” for the day of Friday March 10. In its bulletin published at 6 a.m., the forecasting organization claims that “the waves are powerful all along the coast with maximum intensity around the tip of Brittany”. Waves of 6 to 8 meters are expected in Morbihan and Finistère and 3 to 5 meters in Côtes-d’Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine. The depression Larisa brought winds to more than 130 km / h in the south of Brittany, reports France Bleu Breizh Izel.

Elsewhere, seven departments in the Southeast (Alpes-Maritimes, Aude, Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales and Var) remain on alert for “strong winds”. Metéo France warns in particular of the strong winds blowing over Corsica. “The gusts are close to 120 to 140 km / h in Balagne and on the relief”they reach “150 to 180 km/h” on the Cap Corse. The weather will also be disturbed on the continent, with gusts of 110 to 130 km / h on the relief of the Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Hérault as well as on the east of the Var and the west of the Alps. -Maritimes.