Lozère switches to orange “rain-flood” vigilance, joining Gard and Hérault also on alert for the risk of floods and violent storms
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Lozère is placed on rain-flood alert from 6 p.m., joining Gard and Hérault on orange alert for an intense Mediterranean episode.
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Why It Matters
A Mediterranean episode brings major risks of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the south of France.
Lozère will be placed on “rain-flood” vigilance from 6 p.m., Météo-France announced Monday, October 19, in its latest vigilance bulletin. The department joins Gard and Hérault, which will be placed on orange alert for "rain-flood", "thunderstorms" and "floods", from 2 p.m. due to a Mediterranean episode, specifies the institute, which does not exclude a move to red alert for these two territories.
The forecaster anticipates rain in the morning, followed by “stronger storms” coming up from the Mediterranean in the afternoon. “These rains gain intensity at the end of the day and night from Monday to Tuesday, with stationarity and heavy rainfall accumulations, 120 to 150 in less than 3 hours,” specifies the forecaster, who does not exclude “vortex phenomena”.
The bordering departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Ardèche and Vaucluse, currently placed on yellow alert, could see their alert level raised depending on developments.
What to Watch
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Potential transition to red alert for Gard and Hérault
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Open Questions
- Will the alert level be raised to red alert?
- What real damage will be observed?
