
Météo-France alerte sur des risques d'orages et de fortes précipitations dans plusieurs départements du sud de la France.
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Un épisode méditerranéen est un phénomène météorologique caractérisé par des précipitations intenses et durables touchant le sud de la France.
Un épisode méditerranéen se met en place. Après la Lozère, le Gard et l'Hérault, l'Ardèche est à son tour placée en vigilance orange en raison d'un risque de pluies, d'inondations et d'orages, a annoncé Météo-France, mardi 29 septembre, à 16 heures. Cette vigilance sera active dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi. Météo-France prévient que les "orages et forts cumuls de pluie" vont d'abord s'abattre sur les Cévennes, "s'étendant aux plaines, permettant de parler d'épisode méditerranéen".
Le Gard et l'Hérault sont placés en vigilance orange "crues" dès mardi après-midi. "Sur les Cévennes, si l'épisode pluvieux balisé en vigilance orange est plus intense et/ou plus durable qu'envisagé, les cumuls pourraient occasionner un passage en niveau de vigilance 'rouge'", précise Météo-France. Les cumuls de pluie en plaine pourront atteindre 50 à 80 mm possibles en une heure. Les cumuls sur l'épisode avoisineront, eux, les 200/300 mm, voire localement 350 mm.
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Passage potentiel en vigilance rouge si les cumuls sont plus intenses que prévu.
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