Corsica remains on orange “rain-flood” alert until Friday noon

In Corsica, "the rains have clearly lost their intensity", noted Météo-France, in its bulletin for Friday, November 6, at 6 a.m. However, the forecaster maintains the orange "rain-flood" vigilance in force since the day before on the two departments of the island, until midday, "taking into account the traffic conditions which can still prove delicate following local flooding of the road network, in particular in the Bonifacio/Porto-Vecchio sector", he explains.

On the east coast of Corsica, Météo-France has recorded since Wednesday afternoon "150 to 250 mm on an axis between Figari and the south-east of Corte, occasionally up to 300 to 350 mm on the relief", or even "283 mm in Conca" and "205 mm in La Chiappa near Porto-Vecchio".

In the Porto-Vecchio region, torrential rains caused significant flooding and landslides. Roads were cut and houses invaded by water, reports France 3 Corse ViaStella.

The equivalent of more than a month of rain fell in a few hours

Since Wednesday, Météo-France has recorded cumulative rainfall sometimes more than twice the normal for November in Corsica-du-Sud, but also in Gard. In this department, placed on orange "rain-flood" alert on Thursday alongside Hérault and Corsica, the town of Cardet received 154 mm of rain, or a month and a half of precipitation, while Saint-Christol-lez-Alès received 144 mm, the equivalent of a month of precipitation.

In a few days, Hérault also experienced heavy accumulations of rain: sometimes with the equivalent of a month of precipitation, in Moulès-et-Baucels (with 159 mm) and in Générargues (158 mm). Near Prades-le-Lez, 142 mm have been recorded since Wednesday, which is what normally falls in a month and a half of precipitation.