the two Corsican departments placed in orange vigilance by Météo France

The two Corsican departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, have been placed on orange vigilance for rains and floods, Météo France announced on Tuesday, November 9. Stormy showers will indeed rise from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south and east of Corsica. “In the middle of the night [de mardi à mercredi], these storms intensify with rainfall intensities of the order of 30 mm / h “ and over three hours, “these accumulations can reach 60 to 80 mm”.

After a lull during the late night and morning, “a new stormy line will come up from the south and will bring moderate to heavy rains from the end of the morning to the east of Corsica until the end of the afternoon”. Overflows are expected on “the top of the western slopes of the relief. Under this stormy line, we find intensities of the order of 20 to 30mm / h.” Thunderstorms will then lose intensity as they move north.