After last week’s historic floods, a new episode is increasingly being confirmed in the Cévennes between Thursday and Sunday.
Although residents of the south-east of France have not yet had time to recover from the torrential rains of a week ago, new bad weather will be at the end of the week. A depression centered in the west will move towards France, creating a warm and humid flow towards the Mediterranean coast: heavy rainstorms will reach Provence this Thursday and a large part of the Mediterranean departments on Friday and Saturday. will spread, the two days with the highest risk should be the heaviest day of rain on Saturday before gradually calming down on Sunday.
Flooding is likely again on Friday and Saturday.
At this time, predictions are still uncertain, both on the exact location of the highest accumulation and the magnitude of the trend. Models Weather reportWeather report Currently considering a more localized and less severe Cévennes episode than the previous one, which was historic. This episode of bad weather promises to be more common for the season, but this type of event can always be a last minute surprise and it is advisable to prepare now. Expected accumulations of 200 mm over two days in the Cévennes (some models predict more than 300 mm locally) compared with 600 to 800 mm during the previous episode that devastated the Ardèche, Rhône and the Maritimes. had done However, even if the rainfall is less than last time, the consequences can be serious due to waterlogged soil and runoff. Flow rateFlow rate very high
