Orange alert for rain and flooding in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude this Sunday

Weather conditions are causing concern again in the south of France. The departments of Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude are on orange rain and flood alert this Sunday, according to the latest Météo-France bulletin at 6 a.m.

The Aude yo-yo between yellow and orange

New rainy and stormy spells coming from Spain towards the south of Languedoc-Roussillon “will last until the end of the day causing heavy accumulations of rain”, indicates the meteorological organization. In a previous bulletin on Saturday he had indicated that “over the whole day, the accumulations could reach 80 to 120 mm […] and occasional values ​​of the order of 150 to 180 mm”.

The Aude, which had been placed on orange alert on Saturday morning, also for rain and flooding, had been lowered to yellow alert by Météo-France in the middle of the day. On the other hand, Hérault, also on orange alert on Saturday morning, came back down late Saturday afternoon on yellow alert for rain and flooding. This is still the case this Sunday.

Strong storms in seven departments

The sky will also thunder this Sunday. The Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Hérault, Gard and Bouches-du-Rhône are in fact on yellow alert for thunderstorms.

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Finally, the Pyrénées-Orientales and Hérault are on yellow alert for floods.